One year after more than 60 died and 750 were sickened by fungal meningitis, the U.S. Senate passed a law to help ensure compound drug safety, officials say. The Drug Quality and Security Act reflects a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ...
The outbreak of fungal meningitis due to a contaminated steroid has affected 490 people and caused 34 deaths, according to updated figures released earlier this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Update: As of Nov., ...
Tags: fungal meningitis, contaminated steroid, healthcare, disease
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Associates of Cape Cod's rapid diagnostic test in detecting invasive fungal infections (IFI). Using patient's blood serum, the Fungitell assay detects (1,3)-b-D-glucan ...
Tags: detecting invasive fungal infections, fungal pathogens, IFI