Suspected Meningococcal Meningitis on an Aircraft Carrier

Military Medicine, Sep 2004 by Farr, R Wesley, Gonzalez, Michele J, Garbauskas, Heather, Zinderman, Craig E, LaMar, James E II

Acknowledgment We thank CAPT Bruce Bohnker for his help in the preparation of this report.

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Guarantor: CDR James E. LaMar II, MC USN (FS)

Contributors: CDR R. Wesley Farr, MC USNR (FS)*; LT Michele J. Gonzalez, MC USNR[dagger]; LT Heather Garbauskas, MC USNR*; LCDR Craig E. Zinderman, MC USNR[double dagger]; CDR James E. LaMar II, MC USN (FS)[double dagger]

* USS Hany S Truman (CW 75), FPO AE 09524-0004.

[dagger] Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Portsmouth, VA 23708-2197.

[double dagger] Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 2, 1887 Powhatan Street, Norfolk, VA 23511-3394.

Opinions expressed are the private ones of the authors and should not be considered approved or representative of the Department of the Navy or Department of Defense.

This manuscript was received for review in July 2003. The revised manuscript was accepted for publication in November 2003.