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A 19-year-old male college student was experiencing a headache, vomiting, and delirium after returning from a hiking trip. He was brought to the hospital where tests found he had meningococcal meningitis, a bacterial infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Doctors started him on broad-spectrum antibiotics until tests confirmed the bacteria was Neisseria meningitidis. Anyone who had prolonged close contact with the patient, like his roommate, would receive preventative antibiotics t

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