5th fungal meningitis death reported in Indiana
No victim information released
Indiana's cases involve patients at six health facilities that received a steroid recalled by a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy.
Posted: 11/16/2012
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185 days ago
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana has reported a fifth death from an outbreak of fungal meningitis that's been connected to injections of a recalled back pain medication.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website Friday to include a total of 55 cases of the rare disease in Indiana.
State Department of Health spokesman Ken Severson said he doesn't have any information about the fifth death.
State officials said clinics in six Indiana cities received tainted steroids traced to the New England Compounding Center. The Framingham, Mass., company is linked to a multistate outbreak that's sickened 480 people and caused 33 deaths.
The Indiana clinics that received tainted medication are located in South Bend, Elkhart, Columbus, Evansville, Fort Wayne and Terre Haute.
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