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Meningitis: Infections may show up long after tainted shots, CDC says
Mar 13, 2013
A top federal health official says he will not be surprised if new victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak turn up as long as a year after receiving injections with tainted spinal steroids.
Dr. Tom Chiller, medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issued the warning Wednesday in a conference call with medical professionals across the country who are treating the more than 700 patients infected by the fungus-tainted methylprednisolone acetate shipped from a now-closed and bankrupt Massachusetts drug compounder...
Meningitis: Infections may show up long after tainted shots, CDC says
Mar 13, 2013
A top federal health official says he will not be surprised if new victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak turn up as long as a year after receiving injections with tainted spinal steroids.
Dr. Tom Chiller, medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issued the warning Wednesday in a conference call with medical professionals across the country who are treating the more than 700 patients infected by the fungus-tainted methylprednisolone acetate shipped from a now-closed and bankrupt Massachusetts drug compounder...