We had one patient with meningitis (bacterial) during my Zivildienst. The doctor didn't think it was meningitis until after the lab tests said so, and we all ha

We had one patient with meningitis (bacterial) during my Zivildienst. The doctor didn't think it was meningitis until after the lab tests said so, and we all had to take rifampicine for post-exposure prophylaxis. Fortunately, the patient made a full recovery, and nobody else (at the hospital) got infected, so at least there was a happy ending to that story.