UPDATE: Multistate Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, October 9, 2012

Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012 10:45 AM EDT

At-A-Glance

• Status: Ongoing Investigation
• Infection: Fungal Meningitis
• Facility Type: Outpatient Setting
• Case Count: 105
• States: 9
• Deaths: 8

• CDC is aware that New England Compounding Center (NECC) has voluntarily expanded its recall to include all products currently in circulation that were compounded at and distributed from its facility in Framingham, Massachusetts.
• CDC’s guidance to patientshas not changed as a result of this voluntary recall. Patients…