MDH: 11th case of fungal meningitis confirmed

The Minnesota Department of Health reports another case of fungal meningitis linked to a deadly nationwide outbreak. The new case brings the statewide total to 11. Doctors are finding some patients are developing spine infections following treatment for the infection.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Updated:: Mar 8, 2018
Original:: Nov 6, 2012

The Minnesota Department of Health reports another case of fungal meningitis linked to a deadly nationwide outbreak. The new case brings the statewide total to 11.

Doctors are finding some patients are developing spine infections following treatment for the infection.

The most dangerous is an epidural abscess, a collection of pus between the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord and the bones of the skull or spine, which is not typical for fungal disease, CNN reports.

The Centers for Disease Control says there have been 30 deaths and more than 400 confirmed cases linked to tainted injectables from a Massachusetts pharmacy.

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The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed Wednesday two new cases of fungal meningitis linked to the national outbreak, increasing the number of patients diagnosed with the potentially deadly infection to seven statewide.

The Minnesota Department of Health says two new cases of fungal meningitis linked to a deadly outbreak has been confirmed, bringing the total to nine in the state. The potentially deadly infections are caused by contaminated injectables produced by the New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass.

The Minnesota Department of Heath says a fourth case of fungal meningitis has been identified in the state. The patient is a woman in her 70s. Two other Minnesota women, both in their forties, with the infection were released from the hospital last week and are being treated on an outpatient basis.

The Minnesota Department of Health has confirmed a 10th fungal meningitis case in the state linked to tainted injectables produced by a Massachusetts pharmacy. The patient is a woman in her 60s.

Minnesota health officials announced a fifth case of meningitis linked to tainted steroids Monday, the Pioneer Press reports. The most recent case is a woman in her 20s. The other four were also women.

The Massachusetts pharmacy that supplied a back-pain steroid treatment blamed for a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak isn't licensed to distribute the drug in Minnesota, the Associated Press reports. About 120 people have been sickened by the outbreak nationwide, including three in Minnesota, and 12 have died.

The Health Department has now contacted most of the Minnesotans who were injected with a recalled steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis. Many of them reported symptoms of meningitis, but the symptoms were mild and could have been caused by other factors. The state epidemiologist says the number of confirmed cases in Minnesota remains at three but could grow.

The Health Department now says three Minnesota women in their 40s are hospitalized with the rare form of fungal meningitis linked to injections of a steroid provided by a Massachusetts lab. That lab recalled all of its products over the weekend. Nationwide the outbreak includes more than 90 people, seven of whom have died.

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