The death of an Eaglecrest High School teacher over the weekend from symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis – which prompted the school to cancel evening activities Tuesday and classes Wednesday to conduct contact tracing – had us asking:
What is bacterial meningitis? And what should people know about the infection?
Denver7 took these questions and more to UCHealth Senior Medical Director of Infection Prevention Dr. Michelle Barron and other health sources to learn more about bacterial meningitis.