A case of meningitis admitted to Bastia Hospital Centre

a case Meningococcal meningitis was entered into Hospital Center No Bastia. The girl, who attends Casabianca’s Giocante High School, was taken into intensive care overnight from Friday to Saturday, January 20.

In a press release sent to the press this Saturday evening, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) indicates that it has ascertained that “All people identified as high-risk contacts have or would benefit from antibiotic treatment to prevent the occurrence of any new cases.”

Health authorities explain that epidemiologic investigations are carried out to identify at-risk contact persons in family, friends, school, sports and medical fields and to provide preventive treatment. “This prophylactic treatment with antibiotics makes it possible to prevent the occurrence of severe forms, cut the chains of transmission and thus limit the risk of epidemics”ARS writes.

Health authorities recommend not going to the emergency room or pharmacy without first being contacted by an ARS doctor or nurse. “Indeed

The regional health agency suggests, Preventive treatment with antibiotics is only available on prescription. This will be issued to you if you are identified as a person at risk, i.e. if you have had close (less than one meter face-to-face) and prolonged (more than an hour) contact with a sick person. person in the last ten days.”

People close to at-risk contacts are not contacts. ARS also recalls the most suggestive signs of meningococcal meningitis: severe headache, accompanied by fever, sensitivity to light, stiff neck, pain and fatigue, red rash under the skin or purple color on the body. Faced with these symptoms, ARS recommends calling 15.