Fungal Infections Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone in Tennessee
Author(s) -
Marion Kainer,
David R. Reagan,
Duc B. Nguyen,
Andrew Wiese,
Matthew E. Wise,
Jennifer Ward,
Benjamin J. Park,
Meredith Kanago,
Jane Baumblatt,
Melissa K. Schaefer,
Brynn Berger,
Ellyn Marder,
Jea-Young Min,
John R. Dunn,
Rachel M. Smith,
John Dreyzehner,
Timothy F. Jones
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1212972
Subject(s) - methylprednisolone acetate , medicine , methylprednisolone , outbreak , corticosteroid , compounding , anesthesia , surgery , virology , pharmacology
We investigated an outbreak of fungal infections of the central nervous system that occurred among patients who received epidural or paraspinal glucocorticoid injections of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate prepared by a single compounding pharmacy.
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