Bacterial Meningitis

A ninth-grader at Glenelg High School was diagnosed last week with bacterial meningitis -- the more deadly of two primary strains of the infection -- and was admitted to intensive care at a Washington hospital Friday, school officials said yesterday.The student, Steven Musgrove, 14, who plays on the school's soccer team, was listed in good condition early today at Children's Hospital, a hospital official said.So far, no other students have shown symptoms of the contagious and potentially fatal infection, said Patti Caplan, a school spokeswoman.

An Owings Mills High School student has been hospitalized for treatment of what appears to be an isolated case of bacterial meningitis, health and school officials said yesterday.The female student was hospitalized Saturday, but appears to be recovering from the life-threatening illness, said William L. Follett, director of health education and training for the Baltimore County Health Department.Follett said the girl's family members and a few close friends were placed on antibiotics to ward off infection.

A fifth-grade teacher at Swansfield Elementary School was diagnosed this week with viral meningitis, a form of the illness far less serious and contagious than the bacterial meningitis that killed three Baltimore-area college students this year.Howard County health officials say the risk of contracting viral meningitis is slim compared with that of contracting bacterial meningitis and that it poses a far smaller risk to those who do get ill."It is usually not readily transmitted and it is not as dangerous," said Dr. Willa Brown of the Howard County Health Department.

Kimberli Carroll, 21, of the 4900 block of Edgemere Ave. in Northwest Baltimore was charged last night with first-degree murder in the death yesterday of her 2-month-old daughter, police said.Homicide Detective Carolyn Gillespie said Ms. Carroll initially told police that she awoke about 4 a.m. yesterday and found her daughter, Kamill Jones, lying in a wash basin with her face under water. The infant was rushed to Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.Detective Gillespie said an autopsy showed that Kamill died of injuries she suffered after being violently shaken and that the child's neck, head and brain showed signs of trauma and bleeding.

Drug dealer convicted againFor the second time, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea L. Smith has gained a guilty verdict against Walter Louis Ingram, described by authorities as a longtime drug dealer and enforcer for other dealers.A jury in U.S. District Court yesterday convicted Ingram, 41, of one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.Ms. Smith persuaded a Circuit Court jury to convict Ingram on that charge in 1987 when she was a city prosecutor, but the verdict and a 20-year sentence were overturned on appeal.

The form of meningitis suspected of killing a University of Maryland senior this week may start with headache, fever and a stiff neck, public health officials say. But the symptoms can escalate within hours or days to life-threatening shock and coma."

The form of meningitis suspected of killing a University of Maryland senior this week may start with headache, fever and a stiff neck, public health officials say. But the symptoms can escalate within hours or days to life-threatening shock and coma."