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An investigation initiated after a clinician reported to the Tennessee Department of Health on September 18, 2012 the case of a patient who developed meningitis due to Aspergillus fumigatus after having received an epidural corticosteroid injection at an ambulatory surgical center quickly identified a number of other suspect cases.

Fungal meningitis and arthritis from epidural, paraspinal and intra-articular injections with contaminated corticosteroid. Early status.