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  • South Dakota: Dakota Wesleyan U. student who died tested positive for bacterial meningitis

    Source: http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news...ial-meningitis


    Keeter tested positive for bacterial meningitis
    By Candy DenOuden Today at 8:42 p.m.

    The Dakota Wesleyan University student who died last week tested positive for bacterial meningitis, campus officials said Saturday.

    Beau Keeter, 19, was found dead in his dormitory room Wednesday morning at Dayton Hall on DWU?s campus in Mitchell. Keeter, of St. Lawrence, S.D., was a freshman athletic training student and a member of the men's basketball team.

    Vice President of Marketing and Communications Lori Essig sent an email to students confirming that the South Dakota Department of Infectious Diseases notified the campus Saturday that Keeter tested positive for bacterial meningitis.

    The South Dakota Department of Health announced Saturday evening that it is investigating the meningococcal death, and encouraging vaccination...
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