In October 2012 news reports surfaced of an outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to the New England Compounding Center . At that time it was also disclosed that the United States and Massachusetts state health regulators were aware in 2002 that steroid treatments from the New England Compounding Center could cause adverse patient reactions . It was further disclosed that in 2001 – 02 , four people died , more than a dozen were injured and hundreds exposed after they received back-pain injections tainted with a common fungus dispensed by two compounding pharmacies in California and South Carolina
outbreak of fungal meningitis
New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak
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