Index case for the fungal meningitis outbreak, United States

13 May

Publications about the fungal meningitis outbreak (USA) do not address whether these injections were appropriate for low back pain. Physicians, patients, payers and regulators should question the role which overuse of injections for low back pain in the US played in this outbreak.

  • Index case for the fungal meningitis outbreak, United States. Gérvas J, Kovacs FM. N Engl J Med. 2013; 368: 970. Download article here.