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More Meningitis In Minnesota
(AP) Minnesota has reported its 12th confirmed case
of fungal meningitis
in a national outbreak linked to tainted steroids from a
Massachusetts pharmacy. Assistant state epidemiologist Richard Danila says the
new case is a Twin Cities area man in his 50s who received an injection at a
metro clinic. Danila says he had some symptoms earlier but got better. However,
in the last few weeks, his symptoms including headaches got worse again. Danila
says the man had a spinal tap earlier but the results were borderline. He says
officials weren't able to confirm he had fungal meningitis until he underwent a
second spinal tap recently. Danila says the man was not hospitalized. While
the pace of new cases is slowing down, Danila says the new case shows more are
possible.


