
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 16, 1992                   TAG: 9203160120
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

GIRLS' SCHOOL STUDENT DIES OF MENINGITIS

A St. Catherine's School student died after contracting bacterial meningitis, and school officials are warning students to take precautions against contracting the disease.

Adelaide Allen Armfield, a 17-year-old junior from Greensboro, N.C., died Saturday at Medical College of Virginia Hospital, a few days after first complaining of symptoms of a cold.

Officials sent a letter to students at all three St. Catherine's schools saying that an antibiotic can be taken as a precaution.

In February, a Radford University student died of meningitis, and the school dispensed antibiotics to students who may have come in contact with him.

Keywords:
FATALITY

by CNB