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Investigation of Marine Outbreak Continues
Aired December 17, 2002 - 14:24 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The few, the proud, the ill? Marine recruits in San Diego on high alert for a nasty bug on their base. One recruit is dead from a rash and another person is in critical condition with a serious form of Strep.
CNN's Brian Cabell is in San Diego where these soldiers are battling a bacteria -- Brian.
BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, officials here in San Diego are being extremely cautious. All of the recruits here at this base, almost 4,000 of them, have been inoculated along with their 600 instructors. They have been inoculated with something called Bisulin (ph), that is a form of penicillin. They also have had throat swabbings taken. We should have results on that sometime tomorrow.
They have also, of course, been told to report any symptoms they might have, and so far they have been reporting chest pains, rashes, and fever.
Now, Miguel Zavala reported a seemingly innocuous symptom. On Sunday morning around at 3:00 a.m., he woke up in the morning, noticed a little rash on his ankle, went back to bed, got up again a few hours later, went to his drill instructor, reported the symptom. Was then sent to sick bay. He was then sent to a hospital. Three hours after he got to the hospital, he died. He had a rash all over his body. An autopsy is now being conducted.
Since then, dozens of his fellow recruits have reported to the hospital. Forty-seven of them, at last count, have now been hospitalized, one of them in critical condition with Strep A.
In the meantime, most physical activity has been suspended here. You still see some marching, of course, but swimming, obstacle courses, marshal arts, that sort of thing, they have all been suspended for the next three days. They simply don't want to overtax anybody who might be feeling under the weather.
There have been two other deaths here at this particular depot in the last three weeks, a little unusual because there haven't been any deaths since 1998.
Those two other deaths, however, came from cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac arrest and also water on the lungs, fluid on the lungs. They don't think those two particular deaths are related to Strep A, this particular outbreak, but they are still investigating.
We should have more on this particular outbreak, the extent of it, some time tomorrow when we get the results from those throat swabbings -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right. Live from San Diego, Brian Cabell. Thank you.
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Aired December 17, 2002 - 14:24 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The few, the proud, the ill? Marine recruits in San Diego on high alert for a nasty bug on their base. One recruit is dead from a rash and another person is in critical condition with a serious form of Strep.
CNN's Brian Cabell is in San Diego where these soldiers are battling a bacteria -- Brian.
BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, officials here in San Diego are being extremely cautious. All of the recruits here at this base, almost 4,000 of them, have been inoculated along with their 600 instructors. They have been inoculated with something called Bisulin (ph), that is a form of penicillin. They also have had throat swabbings taken. We should have results on that sometime tomorrow.
They have also, of course, been told to report any symptoms they might have, and so far they have been reporting chest pains, rashes, and fever.
Now, Miguel Zavala reported a seemingly innocuous symptom. On Sunday morning around at 3:00 a.m., he woke up in the morning, noticed a little rash on his ankle, went back to bed, got up again a few hours later, went to his drill instructor, reported the symptom. Was then sent to sick bay. He was then sent to a hospital. Three hours after he got to the hospital, he died. He had a rash all over his body. An autopsy is now being conducted.
Since then, dozens of his fellow recruits have reported to the hospital. Forty-seven of them, at last count, have now been hospitalized, one of them in critical condition with Strep A.
In the meantime, most physical activity has been suspended here. You still see some marching, of course, but swimming, obstacle courses, marshal arts, that sort of thing, they have all been suspended for the next three days. They simply don't want to overtax anybody who might be feeling under the weather.
There have been two other deaths here at this particular depot in the last three weeks, a little unusual because there haven't been any deaths since 1998.
Those two other deaths, however, came from cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac arrest and also water on the lungs, fluid on the lungs. They don't think those two particular deaths are related to Strep A, this particular outbreak, but they are still investigating.
We should have more on this particular outbreak, the extent of it, some time tomorrow when we get the results from those throat swabbings -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right. Live from San Diego, Brian Cabell. Thank you.
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