NPR reporter Nancy Shute interviewed Dr. Thomas Kerkering about patients recovery from the injections of fungal contaminated steroids from the NECC.
The numbers:
751 contracted fungal meningitis
64 died.
Symptoms: strokes, back pain, headaches fevers.
Read the full article in the New England Journal of Medicine: Fungal Infections Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections N. Engl. J. Med. 2013; 369:1598-1609 October 24, 2013.
The numbers:
751 contracted fungal meningitis
64 died.
Symptoms: strokes, back pain, headaches fevers.
Read the full article in the New England Journal of Medicine: Fungal Infections Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections N. Engl. J. Med. 2013; 369:1598-1609 October 24, 2013.
Meningitis Outbreak in the US Nov 2012
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