COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -
Health officials say a 58-year-old Morrow County woman's fungal
meningitis is the 19th case in Ohio linked to a larger outbreak and
recalled steroid injections for back pain.
The state health department reported the latest case Tuesday.
It's the second case in
central Ohio's Morrow County. Other Ohio cases have been reported in
Clermont, Crawford, Fairfield, Franklin, Hamilton, Marion, Union and
Warren counties, as well as a Kentucky woman who got an injection in
Ohio. All are adults and none have died.
Officials previously
removed one woman from the list because the case no longer met the
federal definition of this type of meningitis.
Federal officials report
more than 500 illnesses and 36 deaths in the outbreak linked to a
specialty pharmacy that recalled its products.
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