Meningitis Outbreak Toll: 377 Cases, 28 Deaths
Posted at: 10/19/2012 6:19 PM
| Updated at: 11/01/2012 4:04 PM
By: The Associated Press
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled.
Latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
- Illnesses: 377, including nine joint infections.
- Deaths: 28. (A 29th death in Virginia, reported oCT. 31, was a mistaken report that has been removed from the tally.)
- States: 19; Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Online: http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/outbreaks/meningitis.html
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