{"id":391439,"date":"2026-04-10T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:26:07","slug":"university-confirms-meningitis-case-says-student-stable-and-improving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391439\/","title":{"rendered":"University confirms meningitis case, says student \u2018stable\u2019 and \u2018improving\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Aristotle_university_thessaloniki_intime.jpg\" alt=\"University confirms meningitis case, says student \u2018stable\u2019 and \u2018improving\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Aristotle_university_thessaloniki_intime-960x600.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[Intime News]<\/p>\n<p>The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has confirmed a meningitis case involving a 19-year-old veterinary student.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to an official statement, the student developed a high fever and headache on April 4.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, he was admitted to the emergency department of Trikala Hospital, presenting additional symptoms, including decreased consciousness and neck stiffness.<\/p>\n<p>Tests confirmed the presence of meningococcus, and the case was reported to Greece\u2019s public health authority, EODY.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The student remains intubated in the intensive care unit in \u201cstable and gradually improving condition,\u201d the university said.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials noted that nearly 10 days had elapsed since the student\u2019s last contact with campus facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tracing has been completed and close contacts have been prescribed a 10-day course of preventive antimicrobial treatment per EODY guidelines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>University officials described the timing as fortunate, as it coincided with the Easter holiday break, which reduced campus gatherings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s Health Committee is urging vaccination as essential protection against future risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Intime News] The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has confirmed a meningitis case involving a 19-year-old veterinary student.\u00a0 According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-391439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}