More health woes for some meningitis patients
Excerpt:(CNN)-- Some patients who developed fungal meningitis in an episode linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy are experiencing more health lamentations, authorities said. Patients are not only developing meningitis, swelling of the thin tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord; some are additionally developing an epidural abscess, which is a collection of pus between the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord and the bones of the skull or spine. Meningitis is a recognized problem of an epidural abscess, but what 's puzzling some health professionals is that some patients were first identified with and managed for meningitis and then developed an abscess. "This is not typical for fungal disease," says Dr. Tom Chiller, who serves as deputy chief of the CDC's Mycotic (fungal) Diseases Branch.
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