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Elections Have Consequences: Fungal Meningitis and Compounding Pharmacies

submitted by agwartney on November 15, 2012
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Tags: election , FDA , fungal meningitis , pharmacies , politics
Source: blogs.scientificamerican.com
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32 deaths. 461 cases…and counting. Unless you live under a rock, you probably know about the nationwide outbreak of an unusual fungal meningitis caused by Exserohilum rostratum, a plant fungus. The outbreak is now linked to a single pharmacy in Massachusetts, New England Compounding Center (NECC), which compounded a variety of drugs used for injection, including the implicated steroid.

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