New warning of secondary infections in patients who received tainted steroids
Excerpt:While rates of new cases of fungal meningitis are diminishing considerably, doctors have a new warning for people who received injections of contaminated steroid medication produced by the New England Compounding Center. Public health officials are urging these patients to call their doctor if they develop new or worse back pain or experience any changes in bowel or bladder function. These could be signs of secondary fungal infections around the injection site. Doctors in Michigan and Tennessee -- the states hardest hit in the meningitis outbreak -- have noticed some patients have started developing fungal infections around the injection site in the lower back more than a month after receiving the tainted steroid.
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While rates of new cases of fungal meningitis are diminishing considerably, doctors have a new warning for people who received injections of contaminated steroid medication produced by the New England Compounding Center
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