Nashville, Tennessee (Reuters) - 23 states in the United States about 13000 people may and a rare fungal meningitis epidemic situation has caused eight people were killed and accept steroid injection, but much less susceptible to diseases, centers for disease control and prevention said Monday.
The first time the number of CDC estimates that could be affected by the patients, had previously only said, it may be in the thousands.
So far, 105 cases have been confirmed to rare form of meningitis nine state. In the worst-hit Tennessee, the other one person has been killed and make the national death toll to 8, disease prevention and control center and authorities in Tennessee said Monday.
May have received nearly 1000 people in the us state of Tennessee three recalled a lot including 17676 bottles of potential contamination steroid injection, Tennessee health commissioner John Dreyzehner doctor said Monday. In Nashville's saint Thomas outpatient surgery center received about 2000 bottles, more than any other equipment at home, he said.
Outbreak of widening was a wake-up call control drug combinations and the company produces the drug - New England compound center co., LTD. In framingham, Massachusetts federal and state health officials and concentration.
CDC spokesman Curtis Allen said: "we would expect to find some extra infection, said:". He can't say that, if all 13000 people on the contact, but he said, made an effort, they in the past few years, recall should limit outbreak.
In Ohio, health officials said Monday they mobilize community resources, including the sheriff's office, check have received injection of the patients.
In Ohio health association committee member, executive director, beth bick ford said in a statement: "if it means from door to door knocking at the door, and then what they will do,". Country so far to report fungal meningitis, is likely to cause pollution epidural steroid injections.
Steroids are used as painkiller, usually for back. Meningitis is an infection of the brain and spinal cord membrane cover, patients began to show all kinds of symptoms, from one to four weeks later, their injection.
Potential polluted drug early in May and September 76, in 23 countries through the shipment, centers for disease control and prevention and the American Massachusetts health service said.
, this is used by the complaint, the company has suspended its business, and a survey income. It first reviews the large supply of the drug, on Saturday to expand recalled all products compound and distribution in the framingham facilities.
Mixing pharmacy drug pharmaceutical production enterprise, make they become doctors use specific dose and strength.
Health department, Massachusetts, said the company in 2002 and 2003 years of medication complaints led to an agreement, in 2006 the government agencies correct deficiencies,.
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In 2011, there were other facilities inspected, and found no deficiency. In March 2012, the other one eye surgery products used in the validity of the complaint to make. Said, the state department of health said the investigation continues.
The United States food and drug supervision and administration department in daily daily operation, mainly by state council supervision practice, authorization and authentication of the pharmacy and pharmacists compound pharmacy limited power.
Composite products do not sell ago, must obtain the United States food and drug administration approval, the agency have jurisdiction over how to use production or mark. On the contrary, the U.S. food and drug administration survey adulterate drug cases, and state regulators cooperation.
The United States food and drug administration tried to play more power, some food, medicine and cosmetics method ", including new drugs in complex drugs. However, these efforts contributed to the federal court challenges, in two different and contradictory ruling of the appeal.
Fungal meningitis cases report of American nine states, Florida, indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, north Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.
Tennessee first discovered the outbreak, the vast majority of cases, there are 35, including four people were killed. Many patients are still be in hospital for treatment, some key conditions.
Virginia have 23 cases, one of those people died, 21 cases of Michigan, two people died, and the people have died in Maryland.
Fungal meningitis is noncommunicable disease prevention and control center said. Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea and neurological problems, this will be the same deep brain stroke.
Steroids was sent to California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, north Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, south Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia centers for disease control and prevention said.




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