Meningitis Outbreak Fuels Calls For More Oversight October 10, 2012 News, Public Health Fast-Track Drugs, fungal meningitis , Meningitis 0 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that eight people have died and 105 people in nine states have been sickened by a type of fungal meningitis they were exposed to when they received tainted spinal steroid injections. According to The Wall Street Journal, as many as 13,000 patients may have been exposed to fungal meningitis from tainted spinal steroid injections. Some lawmakers called for bringing certain specialized pharmacies under greater regulatory scrutiny. The oversight of compounding pharmacies, which create customized versions of medicines, is gaining greater attention as the death and illness tolls in the outbreak continue to rise. Source: Kaiser Health News Comments are closed.
