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Second man dies of bacterial meningitis in South Florida
Bryant De La Cruz. Courtesy of CBS4.
CBS4
A second deadly case of bacterial meningitis has been confirmed in South Florida, Miami-Dade County Health officials said Wednesday.
Bryant De La Cruz died Tuesday morning, just hours after first being admitted and discharged from Baptist Hospital.
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The discharge papers from Baptist diagnosed De La Cruz with probable viral pharyngitis, or a sore throat.
He was advised to take Tylenol or Motrin and to rest.
But De La Cruz?s condition worsened rapidly. His uncle said he died on his way back to the hospital the next morning.
De La Cruz is the second person to die of bacterial meningitis in South Florida in five weeks.
Coral Reef High School Student Christopher Valdes died within an hour of arriving at Jackson South, hospital officials said.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/15/3098355/second-man-dies-of-bacterial-meningitis.html
Bryant De La Cruz. Courtesy of CBS4.
CBS4
A second deadly case of bacterial meningitis has been confirmed in South Florida, Miami-Dade County Health officials said Wednesday.
Bryant De La Cruz died Tuesday morning, just hours after first being admitted and discharged from Baptist Hospital.
...
The discharge papers from Baptist diagnosed De La Cruz with probable viral pharyngitis, or a sore throat.
He was advised to take Tylenol or Motrin and to rest.
But De La Cruz?s condition worsened rapidly. His uncle said he died on his way back to the hospital the next morning.
De La Cruz is the second person to die of bacterial meningitis in South Florida in five weeks.
Coral Reef High School Student Christopher Valdes died within an hour of arriving at Jackson South, hospital officials said.
...
Full text:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/15/3098355/second-man-dies-of-bacterial-meningitis.html