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  • Meningitis Outbreak Deaths Rise to 14
  • 脑膜炎疫情死亡人数升至 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.
  • 美国联邦卫生官员说,因注射被污染类固醇而患上罕见的真菌性脑膜炎而死亡的人数升至 14 人。

  •   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that there are 169 confirmed cases of the disease.
  • 美国疾病控制中心星期四说,已经有 169 个被证实的病例。

  •   It says 90 percent of all patients who received the tainted medicine have been identified.
  • 该中心说,已经找到 90 % 接受了被污染针剂注射的病人。

  •   Officials say more than 50 vials of the steroid manufactured by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts have tested positive for the fungus.
  • 官员们说,麻萨诸塞州的新英格兰化合物中心生產的类固醇中,经检验受到真菌污染的玻璃瓶针剂超过五十个。

  •   They also say the company may have broken state law by making large batches of the steroid and selling it out of state.
  • 他们还说,这家公司有可能违反了麻萨诸塞州的法律,大量地生產类固醇,并向外州出售。

  •   Under Massachusetts law, compounding pharmacies are only permitted to make small doses of made-to-order prescription drugs.
  • 根据麻萨诸塞州法律,合成药物只允许生產小剂量定製的处方药。

  •   The patients who have come down with meningitis were being treated for back pain.
  • 病人為了治疗背部疼痛却患上脑膜炎。

  •   Others patients were injected in the knee, neck, or ankle joints and are only at a slight risk for meningitis.
  • 其他一些病人在膝盖、脖子或踝关节接受註射,他们患上脑膜炎的风险不大。

  •   Health experts say they do not know how many people will actually become sick.
  • 卫生专家说,他们不清楚将会有多少人因此而得病。

  •   They say it could take several months for a fungal infection to develop.
  • 他们说,真菌感染的过程可能会达数个月之久。

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