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Usc freshman bacteria { November 13 2002 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/5173769p-6188445c.html http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/5173769p-6188445c.html USC freshman dies of possible bacterial meningitis The Associated Press Published 12:25 a.m. PDT Wednesday, November 13, 2002 LOS ANGELES(AP) - An 18-year-old student at the University of Southern California has died from what may be bacterial meningitis, leading university officials to urge anyone who had close contact with him in the last 10 days to seek treatment as a precaution. Jered John Connon, a freshman at USC's University Park campus, died Saturday at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center at Mission Viejo. Connon came down with septicemia, a disease that poisons the blood and may be related to meningococcal infection. Tests are pending to confirm that Connon, of Dana Point, was infected with bacterial meningitis, said Penny Weismuller, manager of Orange County's disease control and epidemiology division. Connon's family was placed on antibiotics as a precaution, Weismuller said. School officials also have been contacting all students who live in the dormitory where Connon lived, and any other students who may have had close contact with him. Close contact includes the sharing of drinks, food, utensils and kissing. The vast majority of people exposed to meningococcal disease become carriers only and don't suffer symptoms, which include high fever, nausea, vomiting, severe headache, a stiff and painful neck, a sore throat and a rash.

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