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Two brothers in Crete hospitalized with meningococcus; one sister remains critical
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Medical teams at a Heraklion hospital are treating two young men infected by the same strain of bacterial meningitidis, while their 26-year-old female sibling is currently kept on life support due to severe complications including brain inflammation (encephalitis). Although one brother has been successfully extubated and another sister aged into her early twenties shows signs of improvement in intensive care units.
Key Points
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1Two twin brothers in Crete have been hospitalized with meningococcus infection.
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2The younger brother, aged twenty-two or six depending on the source reporting time progression (26 years old mentioned later), is critically ill and intubated due to encephalitis developed after admission. The older sibling remains stable but requires intensive care monitoring in a specialized unit for potential complications from meningococcus.
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3Medical teams are working around-the-clock at Heraklion hospitals, with the situation described as critical by multiple news outlets.
Developments
[Mar 13]
The younger brother (26 years old) developed encephalitis and was intubated; he remains in a life-threatening condition. The older sibling is also hospitalized but stable.
[Mar 13, Mar 09:55]
Reports confirm two brothers with meningococcus at Heraklion hospital where the younger one has encephalitis and critical condition while older sibling is in crisis state too.
[Mar 13, Mar 09:31]
The situation improved for a twenty-two-year-old patient (likely referring to the younger brother initially) but remains life-threatening at age six or similar depending on source interpretation of timeline.