Two more Michigan residents have died in connection with a fungal meningitis outbreak that began last year and has sickened about 750 people nationwide.
A 64-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man, both of Livingston County, died after receiving tainted steroid injections. State health officials confirmed July 22 that their deaths were linked to the outbreak, said Angela Minicuci, public information officer for the Michigan Department of Community Health.
Minicuci said both people had developed epidural abscesses, or infections at the site of injection.
Beginning in May 2012, the Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center shipped 17,000 vials of contaminated preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate to facilities in 23 states, leading to the deadly outbreak. Steroid shots are a relatively common treatment for back pain.
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