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发帖数: 187 | 1 Death toll rises to 23 in fungal meningitis outbreak
Published October 21, 2012
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. – Health officials say one of two North Carolina victims of
the fungal meningitis outbreak has died, raising the nationwide death toll
to 23.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Curtis Allen confirmed
the death Saturday. Allen couldn't identify the victim, or where the death
occurred, He referred additional questions to state health officials, who
weren't available for comment Saturday night.
Fungal meningitis -- which is not contagious -- is a tenacious disease that
can be treated only with powerful drugs. Those who survive the illness will
continue antifungal drugs for weeks or months.
Across the nation, 284 people are victims of an outbreak that began when a
Massachusetts compounding pharmacy shipped contaminated medication.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/21/death-toll-rises-to-23-in-fungal-meningitis-outbreak/?test=latestnews#ixzz29xZocfCM |
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