A week after the death of a schoolgirl in the Palatinate as a result of a severe meningitis is now battling a 17-year-old from the district of Trier-Saarburg with the same disease. "The condition of the boys, although stabilized, but he is not yet over the mountain," said a spokeswoman for the district on Friday on Reuters inquiry. An investigation at the hospital have shown that the youths in a meningococcal meningitis is ill. People from his close surroundings were a precaution have been treated with antibiotics.
The 18-year-old schoolgirl was on Wednesday last week due to a meningococcal infection died. The case was until now known. The classmates were of secondary-school pupil, according to the Pirmasens health workers to a possible contagion investigated.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, inter alia through the Meningococcal bacteria can be caused. Cancer per year in Germany 5000 to 10 000 people in meningitis. The disease can leave permanent damage or even fatal. In most cases, but it sounds after a few days off. October was already beginning a five-year-old girl from the area of Trier in a meningitis died.
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