Two More Fungal Meningitis Cases Confirmed in Minnesota, US Death Toll Climbs
Now infected are another woman in her 40s and the state's first male, in his 50s, to get the infection. Both received steroids for back pain at Twin Cities clinics.
Follow Burnsville Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Updated (with latest national tally of fatalities): Two more people in Minnesota now have fungal meningitis amidst an outbreak that has killed 19 people in the United States. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported the state's sixth and seventh cases of the rare infection Wednesday morning. The first five patients in Minnesota were women ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s. The new cases were another woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s, the Star Tribune reported. No one in Minnesota has died. Fungal meningitis is distinct from viral or bacterial meningitis and is not spread person-to-person. The Centers for Disease …
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