2 more illnesses tied to Leonard Wood

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2 more illnesses tied to Leonard Wood
By Jim Salter - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Feb 19, 2009 21:30:57 EST

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Two more people with ties to Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood Army base were treated for meningitis-like symptoms, raising more concerns at the base where two soldiers have died this month from the disease.

Both soldiers died of a bacterial form of the illness. Speaking Thursday first at a news conference and then at a community forum, base officials said they had just learned of two additional possible cases.

A male nurse on the base was diagnosed with viral meningitis, but responded well to treatment and was expected to be released soon from an off-base hospital, said Lt. Col. John Lowery, the base medical director.

Also, a Florida National Guard soldier who trained at Fort Leonard Wood became ill after returning to Florida and was hospitalized Wednesday at hospital in Live Oak, which is near Tallahassee. His name was not released.

Lowery initially told about 250 people at the forum, mostly soldiers and civilians who work on the base, that the Florida soldier’s symptoms were consistent with meningitis.


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