Family suspects senior had disease; state cases at 39
The family of a southern Michigan woman said it believes she died of fungal meningitis after receiving two injections of a tainted back pain medication at a northern Indiana clinic, the fourth Michigan resident to die in the outbreak.
Lisa Ann Durbin said her grandmother, Pauline Burema, 89, of Cassopolis, Mich., died Wednesday at a daughter's home in Bristol, Ind.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed an Indiana fungal meningitis death Thursday, and Angela Minicuci, a spokeswoman at the Michigan Department of Community Health, said a Cass County, Mich., resident died of fungal meningitis after being treated for back pain in Indiana. Michigan health officials reported 39 cases in the state Thursday, up from 25 a day earlier. Nationwide, cases of the noncontagious fungal meningitis rose to 170 in 11 states as of Thursday. Fourteen people have died.
By Ken Kusmer
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