State Continues to Contact Possible Meningitis Outbreak Patients
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Friday that additional patients who may have been exposed to meningitis from contaminated medications are being contacted.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health continues to follow up with patients who may have been exposed to contaminated medications produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Mass., as part of a nationwide investigation into a fungal meningitis outbreak, according to a press release. To date, there is only one case of fungal meningitis in Pennsylvania associated with this outbreak. Illness occurred in a patient who received an epidural steroid injection at Allegheny Pain Management in Altoona. The facility was one of two locations in Pennsylvania that received doses of the specific lots of steroid medication responsible for the national outbreak. As a precautionary measure, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
