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Journal Article
Fungal Infections Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections
2013
Overview
Last year, invasive fungal infections were identified in association with injections of contaminated methylprednisolone from a compounding pharmacy. In this report, the epidemiology of the outbreak is presented from its identification in September 2012 through mid-2013.
There has been no systematic surveillance in the United States for adverse events that occur after glucocorticoid injections for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain, but infection is a known, although probably rare, risk documented in the medical literature.
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Infections that develop after a procedure are usually bacterial
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; fungal infections are extremely rare.
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We present data on a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections associated with injections of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate that was purchased from a single compounding pharmacy and describe the public health response to the outbreak.
Methods
Index Patient and Early . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Subject
/ Adult
/ Aged
/ Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
/ Ascomycota - isolation & purification
/ Aspergillus fumigatus - isolation & purification
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Bones, joints and connective tissue. Antiinflammatory agents
/ Female
/ Fungi
/ Glucocorticoids - administration & dosage
/ Humans
/ Infectious Disease Incubation Period
/ Injections, Spinal - adverse effects
/ Male
/ Meningitis, Fungal - drug therapy
/ Meningitis, Fungal - epidemiology
/ Methylprednisolone - administration & dosage
/ Pain
/ Patients
/ Pharmacology. Drug treatments
