A 21-year-old female passenger who was in the TGV connecting Bourg-Saint-Maurice, in Savoie, to Paris on the evening of Saturday, suddenly presented symptoms leaving suspect meningitis. The train was therefore stopped urgently at Tonnerre (Yonne) station and “the young woman was taken care of and hospitalized in intensive care at the Auxerre hospital center “, specifies the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Bourgogne Franche-Comté. “The vital prognosis of this young woman is unfortunately engaged. “
The passengers of the wagon received preventive treatment
The ARS specifies that the young woman “has a generalized infection called purpura fulminans, a serious form of bacterial infection. The most common cause is that of meningococcal infection. “
Analyzes are underway to specify the type of meningococcus involved and the passengers of the wagon who had direct, close and prolonged contact with the patient were called in for preventive antibiotic treatment.
A few days ago a young man of 23 died of meningitis after being hospitalized at Dijon University Hospital.
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