Death toll from meningitis outbreak rises to seven
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The death toll from a widening outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has risen to seven, with 65 cases now reported in nine states, officials said on Saturday.www.reuters.com
Waiting, worrying amid deadly meningitis outbreak
For now, all the 68-year-old retired waitress can do is hope she doesn't develop the telltale signs of a rare form of fungal meningitis that health officials say has sickened more than 60 people in nine states: a splitting headache, fever, stiff neck ...www.usatoday.com
Meningitis threat scares NH patients
MERRIMACK - While a multistate investigation is under way to determine how many patients who received tainted epidural steroid injections have contracted fungal meningitis, New Hampshire clients who frequent a clinic where the recalled drug was ...www.unionleader.com
Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47
The outbreak of fungal meningitis has been tied to steroid shots used to treat back pain. The steroid was custom-made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, New England Compounding Center.www.usatoday.com
Fungi blamed for meningitis rarely cause trouble
Both were detected this week in patients with meningitis that occurred after a contaminated steroid was injected into the spinal column of some patients getting pain treatments.www.jacksonsun.com
Patients warned about meningitis
In 23 states, hundreds, possibly thousands, of back-pain patients are being warned to watch for symptoms of meningitis because of a custom-mixed steroid solution that may have been contaminated with a fungus.www.philly.com
Two Minnesota women diagnosed with meningitis after receiving tainted ...
State officials said Friday that about 25 people in Minnesota who were injected with the steroid are being evaluated for fungal meningitis as part of a widening national outbreak. The CDC said the number of cases reached nearly 50 nationwide on Friday.www.duluthnewstribune.com
No NJ patients injected with steroid linked to meningitis are believed to be ...
TRENTON - The state health commissioner said Friday about a thousand patients treated at six medical facilities in New Jersey were injected with a steroid linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has left five people dead nationwide. While the ...www.nj.com
6 Michigan meningitis cases join US outbreak
The type of fungal meningitis involved is not contagious and is believed to be linked to injections from a recalled back pain medication the patients received from four facilities in Michigan.www.detroitnews.com
Fungal Meningitis: Know the Subtle Symptoms
Meningitis affects the membranous lining of the brain and spinal cord. Early symptoms of fungal meningitis, such as headache, fever, dizziness, nausea and slurred speech, are subtler than those of bacterial meningitis and can take nearly a month to appear.abcnews.go.com
Meningitis outbreak's first victim likely was Kentucky judge
The probable first victim of the fungal meningitis outbreak in Tennessee was Kentucky Circuit Court Judge Eddie C. Lovelace, who died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Sept.www.tennessean.com
Meningitis shot linked to 2 hospitals
EL PASO - State officials say two Texas health facilities received a painkiller linked to a rare fungal meningitis outbreak, including a suburban Fort Worth hospital that administered it to at least 114 patients.www.gosanangelo.com
Steroid linked to meningitis outbreak was sent to Chicago
A medical practice specializing in pain management has notified about 200 Chicago-area patients who may have received injections of a steroid medication linked to an outbreak of a deadly form of meningitis. No one in Illinois has reported having the ...www.chicagotribune.com
Meningitis cases climb to 47 infected in seven states
The number of meningitis infections tied to a New England pharmacy's contaminated steroid injections has increased, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.www.cbsnews.com
Meningitis Outbreak Highlights Hazards
The deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to injectable steroids has raised questions about the safety of compounding pharmacies, which mix medicines used by millions of Americans with little federal oversight.abcnews.go.com
Hundreds at risk from meningitis-tainted steroid
Hundreds of people may be at risk from meningitis-tainted steroid injections. The company that supplied the steroid is what is known as a compounding pharmacy.www.washingtonpost.com
Meningitis Outbreaks Not An Issue In SD
The rare form of meningitis has been linked to a steroid medication used to treat lower back pain. Minnesota and Ohio are the latest states to report cases.www.kdlt.com
Meningitis outbreak spotlights risks of drug mixing
Two people blinded in Washington, D.C., in 2005. Three dead in Virginia in 2006 and three more in Oregon the following year. Twenty-one dead polo horses in Florida in 2009.www.cbsnews.com
Number of US meningitis cases rises to 50 in deadly outbreak
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The number of people stricken with a rare form of meningitis linked to steroid injections rose to 50 in seven U.S.www.reuters.com
Fungal Meningitis
A rare form of fungal meningitis has killed five people and sickened 30 across six states, and more are expected, health officials said today.abcnews.go.com
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