Multistate Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis and Other Infections – Case Count

October 30, 2015 further updates to the case counts are not anticipated at this time.

On October 30, 2015, CDC updated its web resources for patients and clinicians. Patients affected by tainted steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center continue to receive treatment for their infections and clinicians should continue to monitor patient recovery. All relevant materials for patients and clinicians concerning the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections are located on this page.

Persons with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections, by State

Map of United State for Case Counts by State

Cases and Deaths with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections

Contaminated prefilled saline flush syringes
State Total Case Count Meningitis Only Meningitis + Paraspinal/ Spinal Infection Stroke w/out Lumbar Puncture Only Paraspinal/ Spinal Infection only Peripheral Joint Infection Only Paraspinal/ Spinal Infection + Peripheral Joint Infection Deaths
TOTAL 753 234 152 7 325 33 2 64
Florida (FL) 25 22 1 1 1 0 0 7
Georgia (GA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho (ID) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois (IL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana (IN) 93 30 17 1 45 0 0 11
Maryland
(MD)
26 23 1 0 2 0 0 3
Michigan
(MI)
264 23 46 2 166 25 2 19
Minnesota
(MN)
12 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
North
Carolina (NC)
18 1 3 0 14 0 0 1
New
Hampshire (NH)
14 9 0 0 0 5 0 0
New
Jersey (NJ)
51 30 11 0 9 1 0 0
New
York (NY)
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ohio (OH) 20 12 3 0 5 0 0 1
Pennsylvania
(PA)
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode
Island (RI)
3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
South
Carolina (SC)
3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tennessee (TN) 153 22 57 3 69 2 0 16
Texas (TX) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia (VA) 56 42 10 0 4 0 0 5
West
Virginia (WV)
7 0 2 0 5 0 0 0