The death of a young researcher at the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center has died from probable contamination with Neisseria meningitis Group B strain. Richard Din, 25, died Saturday, just 17 hours after developing acute symptoms of meningitis. He had complained of flu-like symptoms Friday night that worsened quickly into a full-body rash, as reported by Doug Sovern for CBS San Francisco.

 

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