The two Ohio University students diagnosed with bacterial meningitis are out of the hospital.
Freshmen John O'Brien, 19, from Columbus and Michael Crane, 19, of Bellbrook both have been discharged from their respective hospitals.
Officials at Riverside Methodist Hospital confirmed O'Brien has been discharged, but could not say when.
O'Brien, son of Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien, was in serious condition at 1 p.m. Friday.
Kettering Memorial Hospital released Crane Friday, hospital officials said.
The students take Art 110 with at least 161 other students, according to an e-mail from Ryan Lombardi, associate vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students.
OU officials have said sharing a class is the only connection found between the students, who live on opposite ends of campus.
Bacterial meningitis rarely spreads through casual contact like what is common in a classroom, said Dr. Mark Pasternack, chief of pediatric infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children.
He added that transmission requires close contact among friends or roommates to spread.
Lombardi said rumors of other cases of bacterial meningitis on campus are false.
Hudson Health Center began offering preventative antibiotics and vaccinations to concerned students after university officials confirmed the students had the disease.
As of Thursday night, Hudson had given 359 doses of antibiotics and 44 vaccines to concerned students, Lombardi said.
Potentially fatal, bacterial meningitis is an infection of the fluid that surrounds the spinal cord and brain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Common symptoms include headache, fever and a stiff neck.
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