Georgia officials say they have confirmed the state's first case of fungal meningitis related to contaminated steroid injections.
Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health say the 66-year-old Bibb County woman is in stable condition, and is under the care of an infectious disease specialist. She has not been hospitalized.
According to health officials, the woman received the shot for back pain at the Forsyth Street Ambulatory Surgery Center in Macon. It is not clear when she received the injection.
They say the steroidal injection was from one of three contaminated lots prepared by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The surgery center has been alerting patients who received the injections.
The outbreak has sickened nearly 300 people in 16 states, including 23 who died. Each received a steroid shot, mostly for back pain.
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A police officer, a deputy and a nurse are being called heroes for saving an elderly man's life.
A police officer, a deputy and a nurse are being called heroes for saving an elderly man's life. The man had a medical emergency and the three first-responders were in the right place at the right time.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:27 PM EDT2013-06-20 02:27:20 GMT
Georgia's right to life group is in a dispute with the national pro-lifers.
Georgia's right to life group is in a dispute with the national pro-lifers. The Georgia group has campaigned against a new far-reaching House bill on abortion because it says that the bill doesn't save enough lives.
