Outbreak widens across the country
The potential scope of the meningitis outbreak that has killed at least five people widened Thursday as health officials warned that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of patients who got steroid back injections in 23 states could be at risk.By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun
[B]8:15 p.m. EDT, October 5, 2012[/B]
Maryland could see new cases of meningitis for a month or more as health officials continue to search for new and past cases of the disease, which has sickened 50 people in several states who received injections of a tainted steroid.
[B]In the cases health officials are already aware of, the incubation period for the infections has been between two days and four weeks, but it's possible the period could be even longer for some, said Dr. Lucy Wilson, chief of Maryland's infection preventi[/B]on and outbreak response program. Health officials are basing their estimate on the existing cases, but it could change, Wilson said. http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-meningitis-more-20121005,0,4173607.story?
