Two new cases of fungal meningitis linked the the multi-state outbreak associated with contaminated steroid medication have been reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the New Jersey Department of Health.
The New Jersey Department of Health has reported its first case linked to the ongoing, multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with potentially contaminated steroid medication.
New Jersey officials have revised downward to 650 the number of patients in the state who received epidural injections of a steroid linked to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.
Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain.
New Jersey officials have identified the six health care facilities that dispensed medication that has been associated with a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.