Blog: Fungal Meningitis

Pa. Reports First Meningitis Outbreak In Altoona

Oct 15, 2012

Officials in Pennsylvania have identified the first case of fungal meningitis in the state. A patient in Altoona received an injection of steroids at a pain clinic for back pain and later developed symptoms of meningitis. The meningitis is being caused by a fungus that was in the steroid, methylprednisolone acetate. It is being linked to a pharmacy in Massachusetts, the New England Compounding Center is responsible for the contaminated vials and is recalling all...

Meningitis Outbreak: 2 More Drugs Probed

Oct 15, 2012

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the New England Compounding Company, who is responsible for distributing the contaminated steroids linked to the fungal meningitis outbreak. They believe that maybe two drugs are connected to the outbreak, the steroids methylprednisolone and triamcinolone. The patients with the fungal meningitis had received injected steroids for back pain that contained a fungus. . The fungus that is being found in most of the vials is mold, or Exserohilum...

Meningitis Outbreak Toll Rises: 170 cases, 14 deaths

Oct 11, 2012

The amount of cases reported of fungal meningitis has risen for the fifth consecutive day. Since the Centers for Disease and Prevention released the number of cases and deaths it has done nothing but increase. 13 people have died: six in Tennessee, three in Michigan, two in Florida, one in Maryland and one in Virginia. The outbreak is linked to a fungus that contaminated vials of an injected steroid, which patients were receiving for back...