The U.S. Naval Academy midshipman who may have bacterial meningitis has been moved to the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore for additional treatment, academy officials said.
The unnamed 20-year-old male midshipman, who is in his first year at the Annapolis institution, was moved Friday from the Baltimore Washington Medical Center, said Cmdr. Joe Carpenter, the academy’s spokesman.
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He would not release more details on the midshipman’s condition, or the man’s name or hometown. Test results on the midshipman are still pending.
Meningitis is the infection of the spinal cord or the fluid that surrounds the brain. The bacterial form of meningitis can cause brain damage. But the disease can be transmitted only through contact of bodily fluids, doctors said.
Carpenter said another 20 people, including midshipmen, academy staff and first responders, have received antibiotics to prevent possible infection. The academy has already treated 24 midshipmen who lived near the possibly infected man. – Jason Flanagan
