http://www.northescambia.com/2012/10/another-case-of-meningitis-linked-to-escambia-county-clinic Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2012/10/another-case-of-meningitis-linked-to-escambia-county-clinic/comment-page-1#comment-151741 gogirl Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:34:52 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=115170#comment-151741 The contamination occurred due to lack of aseptic technique at a compounding pharmacy. Nothing was mixed with the steroids. Compounding pharmacies make up preparations of drugs to make them cheaper and give patients options but the pharmaceutical compounding industry is not regulated by federal authorities-oversight falls to individual states. Medical experts say: " Compounding of preservative-free corticosteroids requires meticulous sterility to ensure lack of fungal contamination; in the absence of that level of sterility and in an environment of highly concentrated steroids, fungi grow aggressively." It was an accident and sad case of poor regulation of ingredients that need very scrupulous hygiene. The contamination occurred due to lack of aseptic technique at a compounding pharmacy. Nothing was mixed with the steroids. Compounding pharmacies make up preparations of drugs to make them cheaper and give patients options but the pharmaceutical compounding industry is not regulated by federal authorities-oversight falls to individual states. Medical experts say: ” Compounding of preservative-free corticosteroids requires meticulous sterility to ensure lack of fungal contamination; in the absence of that level of sterility and in an environment of highly concentrated steroids, fungi grow aggressively.”
It was an accident and sad case of poor regulation of ingredients that need very scrupulous hygiene.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2012/10/another-case-of-meningitis-linked-to-escambia-county-clinic/comment-page-1#comment-151706 bewildered Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:40:02 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=115170#comment-151706 What substance was mixed into the steroid medications that causes fungal meningitis in people? Surely a lab that mixes pain killers does not have access to bacteria or viruses that could cause an epidemic (like small pox) if used by the wrong people. What substance was mixed into the steroid medications that causes fungal meningitis in people? Surely a lab that mixes pain killers does not have access to bacteria or viruses that could cause an epidemic (like small pox) if used by the wrong people.

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