Meningitis Outbreak: Quick Dose of Drugs Slows Rate of Deaths

Meningitis outbreak: Quick dose of drugs slows rate of deaths

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based New England Compounding Center that was injected into the spines or joints of patients as a pain treatment. While people are still dying in Tennessee, these deaths are among people who never got the chance to receive the life-saving drugs early …
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New Scrutiny of Company That Made Tainted Drug

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An expert panel met Wednesday to reconsider the idea of preventive treatment, said Dr. John Jernigan, a medical epidemiologist at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He said health officials from Tennessee had gathered data that …
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Meningitis outbreak investigators say quick work paid off

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Nov 7, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – A public health investigation into an unusual fungal meningitis death in Tennessee quickly uncovered other related cases and expedited detection and treatment that probably saved lives, while drawing national attention to …
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