The Department of Health reported the first case of fungal
meningitis in Pennsylvania linked to a national outbreak of contaminated steroid
medication.
| Monday, Oct 15, 2012 | Updated 12:01 PM EDT
The Department of Health reported the first case of fungal
meningitis in Pennsylvania linked to a national outbreak of contaminated steroid
medication.
The patient received an epidural steroid injection in July 2012
at the Allegheny Pain Management in Altoona. The facility is one of two
locations in Pennsylvania that received shipments of the recalled lots of
steroid medication from the New England Compounding Center in Framingham,
Massachusetts.
The patient was taken to the hospital where he is receiving
care and medications recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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