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UPDATE adds Indiana as the sixth state to report a case; map shows states affected by meningitis outbreak |
Outbreak spotlights risks from custom-mixed drugs
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer /
October 4, 2012
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In May, officials reported 33 cases in seven states of a fungal eye infection stemming from products mixed in a Florida pharmacy that also prepared supplements that killed 21 elite polo horses in 2009.
The same steroid in the current outbreak was also tied to five cases of a different type of fungal infection in North Carolina in September 2002. Those patients also had shots from pain clinics, and one died.
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Online:
CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/fungal.html
Previous FDA warning: http://1.usa.gov/VAlOjm
Trade group: http://www.iacprx.org
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