Nicosia, Cyprus. Four soldiers serving with the Greek forces in Cyprus (Eldyk) remained under medical supervision on Friday after a meningitis case at an Eldyk military camp led to hospitalisations and precautionary health measures within the base.
Hospitalisations and test results
Doctors at Nicosia general hospital confirmed that three soldiers initially admitted as suspected meningitis cases were later diagnosed with adenovirus following PCR testing. Their condition was described as stable and they continue to receive treatment in the hospital’s special infections unit.
Critically ill soldier remains in ICU
The fourth soldier, diagnosed with meningitis earlier this week, remains intubated in intensive care. Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said the patient was “on a ventilator” and required high levels of oxygen support, though doctors viewed the presence of fever as an encouraging sign in his response to treatment.
“We hope that at the end of the day he will respond to the treatment he needs and will manage to leave the ICU,” Charilou said.
Links to Eldyk camp and initial precautions
All four developed symptoms at the Eldyk camp. Authorities had initially treated the cases as possible meningitis infections because the men had been identified as close contacts of the critically ill soldier.
Charilaou said laboratory testing later indicated adenovirus rather than meningitis. “They have not been diagnosed with meningitis,” he said. “According to the treating doctors it was revealed that it is adenovirus.”
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