[miss marmelstein]

What is the connection? Five years ago, a close friend, a gay man, died of meningitis.

[Cboldt]

The connection? Simple. Guys get meningitis, gals get womeningitis.

[Tax-chick]

I think it’s just getting physically intimate with a lot of people who have been physically intimate with a lot of other people, etc. This strain of meningitis also spreads among residents on college campuses. It’s still quite rare, but almost always fatal.

[Yaelle]

Dr. jay Gladstein, who is also an HIV specialist, said he thinks that the cases are likely among men who have multiple sexual partners, engage in anonymous sex and use drugs that make them more susceptible.

“It’s a particular sub-population of gay men,” Gladstein said.

From the LA Times.