New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak
A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. In September 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began investigating a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections among patients who had received contaminated steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts. The NECC was classified as a compounding pharmacy. The traditional role of compounding pharmacies is to make drugs prescribed by doctors for specific patients with needs that can't be met by commercially available drugs.
2012 US meningitis outbreak2012 fungal meningitis outbreak2012 in the United States2012 meningitis outbreak2013 Pulitzer PrizeAspergillus fumigatusCompoundingDavid L. Williams (politician)Drug Quality and Security ActEpidural steroid injectionFred UptonGlenn ChinList of medicine contamination incidentsMeningitisProduct recall
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New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak
A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. In September 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began investigating a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections among patients who had received contaminated steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts. The NECC was classified as a compounding pharmacy. The traditional role of compounding pharmacies is to make drugs prescribed by doctors for specific patients with needs that can't be met by commercially available drugs.
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Fungal cells in infected brain tissue
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Fungal contamination of steroid medication
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