re menangitis question in article 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
