(Reuters) - long-term stop sister company in the United States deadly meningitis outbreaks of center pharmacy drug shortage could exacerbate some hospitals and medical service provider of the disease case number close to 300, and the United States medical regulators said.
Ameridose, pharmaceutical production enterprise have the same people who have New England compound center, or NECC, since October 10 has been closed. It will continue to close the door, until November 5, and authorities inspection factory, at least temporarily cut provides to its customers.
NECC transport thousands of may be contaminated bottle used for steroid injections to treat serious back pain. About 14000 patients may have exposed medicine and has led to 23 people were killed.
(Monday), making for a total of 294 in 16 states, plus three peripheral joint infections may and the pollution of steroids, according to the centers for disease control and prevention 12 additional fungal meningitis case report. No death reported.
Nine new circumstances, in Michigan, already report 63 infections and reports of deaths. Tennessee has always been a disaster area, with 69 reported cases and nine people were killed.
Have two reports in indiana, in the us state of Maryland, centers for disease control and prevention said.
Congressional investigators said Monday, federal and state health supervision department know NECC steroid treatment of problems that may occur as early as in 2002, when officials drug-related adverse health incident report, began to check NECC facilities.
All NECC products have been recalled,, but no Ameridose products have been and meningitis or faced recall. NECC and Ameridose headquarters are in Boston suburb.
On Monday, the United States food and drug administration (FDA) on its web site to provide NECC products on May 21 later received a list of all customers. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/FungalMeningitis/default.htm
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Although only steroid methylprednisolone has been recognized as the pollution so far, the FDA also recommends, health care professionals and management for patients with follow up any injection products, including eyes or cardiac arrest liquid used for open drugs, May 21 by NECC luck in cardiac surgery. It says, patients should be alert to any signs of infection, and contact a doctor, if they were worried about.
Fungal meningitis symptoms include fever, headache, neck stiffness, nausea, photophobia, glossolalia, mental function change.
The United States food and drug administration on its website issued a statement that said Saturday idling Ameridose some medical care system "certain drugs may affect supply." It said, "this is Ameridose and work to ensure that the drug is safe.
The agency indicating the availability of information demand exceeds supply drugs, is the hospital and clinic drug shortage website. , but no certain drugs or medical care system of the lack of Ameridose products are.
NECC federal and state authorities are investigating to determine whether it is a violation of the composite pharmacy big order does not match the drug supply, the drug to specific patient prescription or the provisions of the treatment. It is also faced with raft connection meningitis epidemic lawsuit.
Although there is a typical latency period of contracting fungal meningitis, from contaminated steroid injections is one to four weeks, also can be longer. Doctors always pay attention to monitor patients for months, they accepted the injection signs of meningitis.
Has strong antifungal drugs is considered to be crucial rapid treatment, in order to prevent infection spread to the brain, where it has lead to stroke and other damage.
The FDA says, NECC drug injection May 21 before no signs of infection of the patients is considered to be less risk, because time is over. Patients were followed up for not advice for those non injection NECC products, such as water and eye drops, this is considered low risk.




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