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14-Year-Old Boy Dies Rare Blood Infection Meningococcemia: Doctors Warn of Flu-Like Symptoms That Can Turn Fatal William Hand, 14, from South Carolina, tragically passed away earlier this month ...

Meningococcemia is rare but life-threatening. The bacteria that causes it, Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis), destroys blood vessels when it gets into the blood stream.

I will see you again, son.' Meningococcemia, or meningococcal septicemia, is caused from Neisseria meningitidis bacteria which had entered the teen's bloodstream.

William’s mother says that is what happened with the bacteria getting into her son’s bloodstream. The 14-year-old died last Sunday, within a few days of showing symptoms, family members said.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reports that there have been 12 cases of Neisseria meningitidis in the last year and a half, with four deaths.