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"The Florida Department of Health Monday confirms another case of fungal meningitis associated with contaminated lots of methylprednisolone acetate. A 69-year-old woman who received treatment at the Florida Pain Clinic in Marion County is the state's newest case, bringing the state's total to 23 cases of fungal meningitis, including three deaths. As of Oct. 27, the nationwide number of cases of fungal meningitis related to contaminated steroid injections was 344 with 25 deaths across 18 states. Fungal meningitis associated with the contaminated steroids from NECC is not contagious and cannot be passed from person to person.The 260 facilities listed also include the previous listing of 78 facilities that had only received intrathecal/spinal medications; the list now included injections for other parts of the body. The signs and symptoms of meningitis related to epidural NECC medication injections include fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea and vomiting, sensitivity to light and altered mental status. Symptoms for other possible infections related to NECC medications include fever; swelling, increasing pain, redness, warmth at injection site; vision changes, pain, redness or discharge from the eye; chest pain or drainage from the surgical site (infection within the chest).To see the full list of facilities visit: The Florida Department of HealthThe FDA identified list of NECC products is available on the FDA website at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm322979.htm"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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