William P. Corr This is Me

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1. 1. www.estripes.com

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   Published on: 10/31/2007   Last Visited: 10/31/2007

   "In general, it is not necessary to inform an entire school community about a single MRSA case," said Army Col. (Dr.) William Corr, Landstuhl's chief of preventive medicine.

2. 2. Stars & Stripes

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   Published on: 4/28/2006   Last Visited: 4/28/2006

   William Corr, infectious disease consultant for Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.
   
   Corr recommended simple preventive measures, such as hand-washing and getting a pneumonia vaccine, as the best response to the current spate of meningitis cases in Germany. He also advised anyone who suspects they have the above symptoms to seek immediate medical attention.
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   William Corr, infectious disease consultant for Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.
   
   Corr said that military medical officials in Germany do not intend to change any practices given the recent incidence of meningitis, an infectious disease that causes inflammation of the tissues around the brain and spinal cord. It can be contracted through a virus or through bacteria. It is not considered highly infectious, according to the CDC.
   
   The disease that killed 52-year-old Army civilian Paul Everett on Wednesday was a strain of bacterial meningitis that was rare, difficult to transmit and unrelated to the other four cases of meningitis that have been diagnosed this year among the American military community, Corr said.
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   All five documented cases of meningitis among Americans in Germany this year were of the bacterial form, which is more dangerous than the viral form, Corr said.
   
   "This was not a contagious, not a highly infective form," he said of Everett's case.
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   Concerning this year's apparent spike, "I find it coincidental," Corr said.
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   Although American doctors believe that the cases are unrelated, Corr said the American military medical community was sensitive to the risk.
   
   "Right now, we're looking; our antennae are up for any kind of infection," he said.

3. 3. Stars & Stripes

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   Published on: 11/12/2005   Last Visited: 11/12/2005

   "That's a lot of people considering that influenza is a preventable disease," said Dr. (Lt. Col.) William P. Corr, head of the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center's preventive medicine division.
   
   Army medical treatment facilities in Europe handled 177 flu cases during the last flu season.
   
   In addition to the vaccines, Corr said, people can help stop the disease by following these simple guidelines: