Meningitis Update

Meningitis Update

Meningitis Update

MedlinePlus sent this bulletin at 10/30/2012 01:21 PM EDT New on the MedlinePlus Meningitis page:

Second Compounding Pharmacy Shut Down in Massachusetts

10/28/2012 08:00 PM EDT

As meningitis outbreak reaches 354 cases, state inspectors cite 'significant' problems at Infusion Resource facility


Source: HealthDay

'Greenish-Black' Contaminant in Vials of Steroid Behind Meningitis Outbreak

10/26/2012 08:00 PM EDT

Officials say 25 are now dead, 338 sickened from tainted injections


Source: HealthDay

Cases Linked to Fungal Meningitis Now Number 328

10/24/2012 08:00 PM EDT

People in 18 states sickened; death toll remains at 24, CDC says


Source: HealthDay

U.S. Death Toll Rises to 24 in Meningitis Outbreak

10/23/2012 08:00 PM EDT

The death toll from a U.S. outbreak of fungal meningitis due to injections of tainted steroid medication has reached 24 with Indiana now reporting a third death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters Health