Multistate outbreak of fungal infection associated with injection of methylprednisolone acetate solution from a single compounding pharmacy - United States, 2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 839-842

  Kainer, Marion ^a   Wiese, Andrew D ^a   Benedict, Kaitlin ^b   Braden, Chris ^b   Brandt, Mary ^b   Harris, Julie ^b   Park, Benjamin J ^b   Guh, Alice ^c   Jernigan, John ^c   Schaefer, Melissa ^c   Todd Weber, J ^c   Wise, Matt ^c   Smith, Rachel M ^d   Nguyen, Duc ^d  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Div of Foodborne   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869054552     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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