Thursday, October 18, 2012

Fungal meningitis outbreak tied to steroid shots isn't the first, reports show


The growing number of illnesses and deaths blamed on tainted pain shots from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy may be the worst such outbreak of fungal meningitis in U.S. history -- but it’s not the first tied to the injections.
Five people were sickened and one died in 2002 after receiving epidural injections of the steroid methylprednisolone contaminated with the fungus Exophiala, a new review of public health records shows.
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