State Health Dept. Confirms Meningitis In Pawnee County Infant's Death

The Oklahoma Health Department officially confirmed the Pawnee County infant who died Sunday had meningitis.

The four-month old boy lived in Pawnee County but attended the Blossom Child Care Center in Sand Springs.

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The health department says the general public is not at risk. Only those who have close personal contact with an infected person have a slightly increased risk.

Family members of the little boy received post-exposure antibiotics.

This is the second reported case, and first death of meningococcal disease in the state in 2012.