HCS 457 Week 1 Website Review

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been working with state and public health departments on a multistate investigation concerning fungal meningitis and other infections among patients who received methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) injection, prepared by the New England Compound Center (NECC).

As of November 19, 2012 a total of 490 cases, including 34 deaths have been reported in 19 states. The predominant fungus identified in patients and confirmed by the CDC laboratory is called Exserohilum rostratum. More than seven weeks after the recall of three lots of the steroid, the CDC continues to receive reports of the fungal infection in exposed patients. Previously, the majority of new cases were patients with fungal meningitis following...