From: walkup@cs.washington.edu (Elizabeth Walkup)
Subject: Re: Menangitis question
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In article <19439@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>... the neiseria meningococcus is one of the most common
>forms of meningitis.  It's the one that sometimes sweeps
>schools or boot camp.  It is contagious and kills by attacking
>the covering of the brain, causing the blood vessels to thrombose
>and the brain to swell up.
>
>	...
>
>It can live in the throat of carriers.  Don't worry, you won't get 
>it from them, especially if they took the medication.

Assuming one has been cultured as having a throat laden with
neiseria meningococcus and given (and taken) a course of ERYC 
without the culture becoming negative, should one worry about
being a carrier?  

-- Elizabeth
   walkup@cs.washington.edu
