Interstate man hospitalised in Adelaide with invasive meningococcal disease

A TWENTY-TWO year old interstate man is in a stable condition with invasive meningococcal disease.

He has been hospitalised but the strain has not yet been identified.

SA Health has identified multiple people who had contact with the patient and three close contacts, who are interstate residents, have been given clearance antibiotics.

SA Health is also working with interstate authorities to advise another five contacts to receive antibiotics.

As the man is in an interstate resident, his diagnosis will not be added to the South Australian statistics.