CDC Responds to Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is investigating a multistate fungal meningitis outbreak among patients who received contaminated steroid injections. This form of meningitis is not contagious. The investigation also includes fungal infections associated with injections in a peripheral joint space, such as a knee, shoulder or ankle.
This website was last updated October 20, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
News Media
- Digital Press Kit - CDC Responds to Multistate Meningitis OutbreakOctober 13, 2012
- CDC, FDA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Joint Telebriefing Updating Investigation of Meningitis OutbreakOctober 11, 2012
- Press Release: Update on Nationwide Meningitis OutbreakOctober 5, 2012
- Press briefing transcript: CDC and FDA Joint Telebriefing on Investigation of Meningitis OutbreakOctober 4, 2012
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