Volume 21, Number 6—June 2015
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Estimated Deaths and Illnesses Averted During Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Associated with Contaminated Steroid Injections, United States, 2012–2013
Rachel Smith
, Gordana Derado, Matthew Wise, Julie R. Harris, Tom M. Chiller, Martin I. Meltzer, and Benjamin Park
, Gordana Derado, Matthew Wise, Julie R. Harris, Tom M. Chiller, Martin I. Meltzer, and Benjamin Park
Figure 2
Figure 2. Kaplan-Meier (product limit) survival curves and persons at risk by date of diagnosis of meningitis and stroke case-patients among persons injected from 3 lots of methylprednisolone acetate contaminated with the fungus Exserohilum rostratum, United States, 2012. No patients were reported as lost to follow-up (e.g., censored) during the 6 months after their diagnosis. Values along horizontal axis indicate number of persons at risk by diagnosis date: 1) after October 4, 2012, or 2) on or before October 4.
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