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Meningitis Outbreak Update: Sufferers Hit With Rare Secondary Infection
By Catherine Roberts Outbreaks & Public Health News

Meningitis Outbreak Update: Sufferers Hit With Rare Secondary Infection

The recent meningitis outbreak is the cause of a rare secondary illness called an epidural abscess. The meningitis drug was contaminated with a fungus, and this fungus is present in the new infections. Over 400 people in the United States were made sick from the contaminated drug. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan has had […]

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