KS: Kansas U student reported dead of meningitis

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Source: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/jun/01/ku-student-who-reportedly-died-meningitis-did-not-/


KU student who reportedly died of meningitis not believed to have contracted disease on campus
By Sara Shepherd
June 1, 2015

A Kansas University student who died this weekend, reportedly of meningitis, had not been on campus in recent weeks and did not contract the disease there, KU health officials said.

Haley Drown, a Leawood resident, died at a Kansas City area hospital of what a family member said was meningitis, according to Kansas City television reports.

Drown just completed her freshman year at KU and lived in Corbin Hall, university spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb-Peterson said...

 

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KU student died of rare but noncontagious form of meningitis
By Sara Shepherd
June 2, 2015

Kansas University student Haley Drown died of a rare but noncontagious type of bacterial meningitis, health officials confirmed Tuesday.

Drown, a 19-year-old Leawood resident who just finished her freshman year at KU, died Sunday from pneumococcal meningitis, according to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment.

Drown reported symptoms of a severe sinus infection prior to going to a Kansas City area hospital over the weekend, and the infection spread, according to media reports...