The CDC is reporting only a single new case of fungal meningitis Sunday after days of double-digit increases in the nationwide outbreak.
The new case is in Indiana, bringing that state's total to 38 and the total in the 16 affected states to 285 since the outbreak began in late September, the agency reported.
Twenty-three people have died.
Because the incubation period of the fungus is unknown, the agency has warned that patients at risk should continue to be vigilant for new or worsening symptoms.
The outbreak has been linked to fungal contamination -- with the mold Exserohilum rostratum in most cases -- in three lots of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate, mainly used to control back pain through spinal injections.
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