Meningitis Outbreak: 21 Dead, 247 Sickened
On October - 20 - 2012
Contaminated Medicine Responsible for Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
With the toll from the fungal meningitis outbreak up to 21 dead and 247 sickened, and as the compounding facility responsible for fungus-tainted drugs is hit with a lawsuit, researchers have looked back at the first case that alerted them to the disease. Their results were published online Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The epidural steroid injections were produced at the New England Compounding Center, which shut down production and recalled all its products Oct. 6. About 14,000 patients are believed to have received injections. (The company is now being sued by Peter McGrath, a former federal prosecutor, on behalf of an unnamed plaintiff in Boston, according to the Chicago Tribune.) READ MORE HERE
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