Fungal Meningitis

Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything - Jaime Lerner

Fungal Meningitis
Fungal Meningitis

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Man-Made Meningitis: The Vice and Virtue of Science

[In 2015] Glenn Adam Chin, a former head pharmacist at the New England Compounding Center (NECC), was arrested and put under criminal investigation. His crime was related to a deadly meningitis outbreak that occurred across the country in 2012. This incident that killed 64 people and affected more than 680 others is a reminder of the potential criminal use of science.

Chin has been accused of several unsafe practices in his lab, which likely sparked the meningitis outbreak. Using improperly sterilized equipment and inaccurate testing procedures, as well as failing to maintain hygiene in sterile clean rooms, caused fungal contamination of the drug methylprednisolone acetate (MPA), meant…

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  Man-Made Meningitis: The Vice and Virtue of Science

On September 14, Glenn Adam Chin, a former head pharmacist at the New England Compounding Center (NECC), was arrested and put under criminal investigation. His crime was related to a deadly meningitis outbreak that occurred across the country in 2012. This incident that killed 64 people and affected more than 680 others is a reminder of the potential criminal use of science.

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Cryptococcal Meningitis

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Meningitis Centre Australia

Fungal meningitis is a very rare, life threatening disease and may be caused by a variety of fungi, including most commonly Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans . Fungal meningitis usually occurs in people whose immune system has been severely depressed by disease (e.g. leukaemia or AIDS or by immunosuppressant drug therapy).

Meningitis Now

Fungal meningitis is very rare. The symptoms are similar to those of other types of meningitis, but usually appear more gradually.

Meningitis Research Foundation

Fungal meningitis may be caused by several types of fungus, for example: Candida albicans. This is the fungus which causes thrush. In very rare cases it can cause a dangerous form of meningitis, especially in premature babies with very low birth weight. Cryptococcus neoformans. This fungus causes most cases of fungal meningitis.

CDC

Fungal meningitis is rare and usually the result of spread of a fungus through blood to the spinal cord. Although anyone can get fungal meningitis, people with weakened immune systems, like those with HIV infection or cancer, are at higher risk. The most common cause of fungal meningitis for people with weakened immune systems is Cryptococcus. This disease is one of the most common causes of adult meningitis in Africa.

MedicineNet

Although no specific activities are known to cause fungal meningitis, people with immune system problems are advised to avoid areas and geographical regions where soil, dust, or bird droppings may have high fungal contamination.

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