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Orlando Girl Has Bacterial Meningitis

POSTED: 5:44 am EST March 10, 2005
UPDATED: 7:56 am EST March 10, 2005

An 8-year-old Central Florida girl was hospitalized Thursday after she was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, according to Local 6 News.

MENINGITIS
SYMPTOMS

The girl's classmates at Hillcrest Elementary School in Orlando are receiving preventative care after the discovery.

There are no other cases reported at the school.

Bacterial meningitis symptoms include a high fever, headache, vomiting, a stiff neck and a purplish blood spot on the trunk of the body, according to a report.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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