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  • Meningitis Outbreak Deaths Rise to 14
  • 腦膜炎疫情死亡人數升至 14 人
  •   U.S. federal health officials say the number of deaths from an outbreak of rare fungal meningitis caused by a contaminated steroid has risen to 14.
  • 美國聯邦衛生官員說,因注射被汙染類固醇而患上罕見的真菌性腦膜炎而死亡的人數升至 14 人。

  •   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that there are 169 confirmed cases of the disease.
  • 美國疾病控制中心星期四說,已經有 169 個被證實的病例。

  •   It says 90 percent of all patients who received the tainted medicine have been identified.
  • 該中心說,已經找到 90 % 接受了被汙染針劑注射的病人。

  •   Officials say more than 50 vials of the steroid manufactured by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts have tested positive for the fungus.
  • 官員們說,麻薩諸塞州的新英格蘭化合物中心生產的類固醇中,經檢驗受到真菌汙染的玻璃瓶針劑超過五十個。

  •   They also say the company may have broken state law by making large batches of the steroid and selling it out of state.
  • 他們還說,這家公司有可能違反了麻薩諸塞州的法律,大量地生產類固醇,並向外州出售。

  •   Under Massachusetts law, compounding pharmacies are only permitted to make small doses of made-to-order prescription drugs.
  • 根據麻薩諸塞州法律,合成藥物只允許生產小劑量定製的處方藥。

  •   The patients who have come down with meningitis were being treated for back pain.
  • 病人為了治療背部疼痛卻患上腦膜炎。

  •   Others patients were injected in the knee, neck, or ankle joints and are only at a slight risk for meningitis.
  • 其他一些病人在膝蓋、脖子或踝關節接受註射,他們患上腦膜炎的風險不大。

  •   Health experts say they do not know how many people will actually become sick.
  • 衛生專家說,他們不清楚將會有多少人因此而得病。

  •   They say it could take several months for a fungal infection to develop.
  • 他們說,真菌感染的過程可能會達數個月之久。

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