The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday classified illnesses associated with medicines made by a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn., as an outbreak.
The CDC launched a website to offer guidance on suspected infections among people who received preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) 80mg/mL in 10mL vials produced by the Main Street Family Pharmacy. This is the same steroid medicine formerly made by New England Compounding Center linked to last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak.
“The majority of these persons developed skin and soft tissue infections of unclear etiology following intramuscular injection of this product,” the CDC said. “Additional clinical information is being gathered. To date, no reports of meningitis or other life-threatening infections have been reported.”