College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure

Organization: Beth Mole

Location: Global

Source: Beth Mole

A bizarre series of events in a college microbiology lab class left 33 people—including students, professors, and lab workers—believing they were exposed to a deadly germ. Of those, 32 began taking an antibiotic regimen as a precaution to prevent a life-threatening infection. Two also underwent lumbar punctures—aka spinal taps—after developing mild symptoms. But none of them had actually been exposed to a dangerous pathogen, a fortunate twist in the strange incident, which otherwise stands to…


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