Polymicrobial Injection-Site Abscesses Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections in Florida_Crimson Publishers
Polymicrobial Injection-Site Abscesses Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections in Florida by James Matthias in Research in Medical & Engineering Sciences https://crimsonpublishers.com/rmes/fulltext/RMES.000529.php Intramuscular injections have been identified as the cause of many infectious disease outbreaks in the United States. Identified sources include intrinsically contaminated product or a breakdown in infection control practices leading to extrinsic contamination of the product [1-5] In September 2012, a national outbreak investigation involving the New England Compounding Center (NECC), identified at least 61 deaths and 749 adverse events from intrinsically contaminated preservative-free Methylprednisolone acetate (pf-MPA) primarily injected through epidural or intraspinal sites [6-9]. In addition to the NECC outbreak as of 2012, 11 outbreaks are known to have occurred since January 2000 in which compounded products have resulted in an addit...