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OUTBREAK LIN
OUTBREAK LINKED TO A
SPECIALTY PHARMACY IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
TONIGHT THE FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS
WARNING THAT ALL
MEDICINES MADE BY THE
"NEW ENGLAND
COMPOUNDING CENTER"
IN FRAMINGHAM MAY BE
CAUSING ILLNESS IN
PATIENTS.
STEROID INJECTIONS
PRODUCED BY THE
COMPANY HAVE ALREADY
BEEN TIED TO A RARE
FORM OF FUNGAL
MENINGITIS THAT'S KILLED
15 PEOPLE AND INFECTED
MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED OTHER ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
NOW DOCTORS ARE
BEING URGED TO
CONTACT PATIENTS WHO
GOT ANY INJECTION
MADE BY THE PHARMACY,
AND WARN THEM OF THE
RISK OF INFECTION.
AT LEAST ONE PATIENT
WHO RECEIVED A
DIFFERED STEROID FROM
THE COMPANY
CONTRACTED MENINGITIS,
AND TWO HEART
TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
SUFFERED FUNGAL
INFECTIONS.
WE CONTACTED TO THE
RHODE ISLAND HEALTH
DEPARTMENT LESS THAN
AN HOUR AGO.
THEY TELL US THERE
STILL HAVE BEEN NO
INFECTIONS LINKED TO
THE OUTBREAK HERE IN
RHODE ISLAND.
(S)