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60 Receive Antibiotics in Fatal Bacterial Meningitis Case
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(Bay City News) A laboratory at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been shut down following the weekend death of a researcher that was apparently caused by deadly bacteria he was working with, a VA official said today. … Continue reading
Victim of Bacterial Meningitis at VA Lab Named; Lab Worked With Several Strains
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The 25-year old lab worker who died on Saturday from a bacterial infection has been identified as Treasure Island resident Richard Din. Din died of a form of bacterial meningitis that he likely caught while working in a San Francisco … Continue reading
Lab Accident at San Francisco VA Leaves Man Dead of Bacterial Meningitis
A young lab assistant at the VA Medical Center in San Francisco died on Saturday after becoming infected with a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis that he had been working with in the lab. Officials at the VA wouldn't release … Continue reading
