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Nearly 14,000 people may have received contaminated steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center that are tied to a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak. As of Nov. 13, 428 people have been infected with meningitis in 19 states, including 33 deaths.
Health officials said people may have received the contaminated injections as treatments for back pain. There have also been 10 additional reported cases of fungal infections in joints such as the knee, hip, shoulder and elbow.
Keep clicking to find out if meningitis cases have been reported in your state, and to see which clinics received the injections...
Florida
Total cases: 23
Deaths: 3
The Florida Department of Health identified eight Florida facilities that received lots of the contaminated steroid injections, and confirmed two have not used the medications. The remaining six are the Florida Pain Clinic in Ocala, Fla.; Marion Pain Management Center in Ocala, Fla.; Orlando Center for Outpatient Surgery in Orlando, Fla.; Pain Consultants of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla.; Surgery Center of Ocala in Ocala, Fla.; and Surgical Park Center in Miami, Fla.
A full list of Florida facilities that received any products from the New England Compounding Center can be found here.
Georgia
Total cases: 1
Deaths: 0
The Georgia Department of Public Health said the contaminated epidural steroid injections were sent to Forsyth Street Ambulatory Surgery Center in Macon, Ga. Georgia was the 17th state to report a meningitis case tied to injections from the New England Compounding Center.
Idaho
Total cases: 1
Deaths: 0
Two Idaho facilities received shipments of the recalled injection, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare: Walter Knox Memorial Hospital in Emmett, Idaho and Pain Specialists of Idaho in Idaho Falls.
Illinois
Deaths: 0
The only health provider in Illinois that received the recalled product directly from NECC is APAC Centers for Pain Management. Three APAC locations provided the injections: Thorek Hospital Professional Building in Chicago, Lincoln Park and Prairie Medical Building in Westchester.
Indiana
Total cases: 52
Deaths: 4
Six health care facilities in Indiana are known to have received contaminated lots and have initiated recalling procedures, according to the state health department. They are: Ambulatory Care Center, LLP in Evansville, Ind.; Ft. Wayne Physical Medicine in Ft. Wayne, Ind.; OSMC Outpatient Surgery Center in Elkhart, Ind.; South Bend Clinic in South Bend, Ind.; Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind.; Wellspring in Columbus, Ind.
This image from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Exserohilum, a type of fungus that has been found in 10 people sickened in the nationwide outbreak.
Maryland
Total cases:23
Deaths: 1
According to Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Facilities that have received and pulled from use the recalled steroid injection are: Berlin Interventional Pain Management in Berlin, Md.; Box Hill Surgery Center in Abingdon, Md.; Greenspring Surgery Center in Baltimore; Harford County Ambulatory Surgery Center in Edgewood, Md.; Maryland Pain Specialists in Towson, Md.; SurgCenter of Bel Air in Bel Air, Md.; Zion Ambulatory Center in Baltimore.
In this image Dr. Lucy Wilson, chief of surveillance, infection protection and outbreak response at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene speaks to reporters in Baltimore Oct. 4, 2012.
Michigan
Total cases:122
Deaths:8
Four clinics in Michigan received steroids that were included in the recall, according to the state health department. Michigan Pain Specialists in Brighton, Mich.; the Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital in Warren, Mich.; the Michigan Neurosurgical Institutes in Grand Blanc, Mich.; and the Neuromuscular and Rehabilitation in Traverse City, Mich., have been identified as receiving the contaminated injections.
In this image, George Cary (L) speaks at his home with his daughters Heather Andrus, 33, middle, of Howell, Mich., listens and Jill Bloser, 43, of Charleston, S.C., holds a photo of her mother from a memorial service in Howell, Mich., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Lilian Cary, 67, died Sept. 30 following a bout with meningitis.
Minnesota
Total cases: 11
Deaths: 0
Approximately 950 Minnesota patients were treated with steroid products produced by the New England Compounding Center, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
Clinics using the shot included Medical Advanced Pain Specialists (MAPS) in Edina, Fridley, Shakopee and Maple Grove, Minn., and the Minnesota Surgery Center (MSC) in Edina and Maple Grove, Minn.
In this image a laboratory technician packages cerebrospinal fluid of three confirmed meningitis cases in Minn., to send to the CDC in Atlanta for further testing, at the Minnesota Department of Health in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012.
New Hampsire
Deaths: 0
Dr. O'Connell's Pain Care Centers in Merrimack and Somersworth, N.H. received steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center.
Massachusetts health officials are seen here discussing the outbreak.
New Jersey
Total cases: 27
Deaths: 0
Approximately 650 New Jersey residents received injections associated with potentially contaminated steroid medication, according to New Jersey's Department of Health. Health care facilities that received the medication include Central Jersey Orthopedics Specialists, PC in South Plainfield, N.J.; Edison Surgical Center in Edison, N.J.; IF Pain Associates/Isaiah Florence, Teaneck, N.J.; Premier Orthopaedic Associates in Vineland, N.J.; Comprehensive Pain Management in Sparta, N.J.; and South Jersey Healthcare in Elmer and Vineland, NJ.
New York
Total cases: 1
Deaths: 0
Three different sites in New York State received shipments of the implicated steroids. Each facility immediately pulled the steroids and contacted patients who were potentially exposed. The three New York sites are: Butani, Sunil H. Physician PC, in Mineola; Obosa Medical Services in Mount Vernon; and Rochester Brain and Spine, in Rochester.
North Carolina
Total cases: 3
Deaths: 1
Three clinics in North Carolina received the recalled lots, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Two clinics used lots for spinal injections: the High Point Surgery Center in High Point, N.C. and the Surgical Center of Wilson in Wilson, N.C. All 94 patients who were exposed at those clinics have been notified. The third clinic that received lots of medication involved in the recall, the North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic in Durham, N.C., used the steroids for joint injections to relieve.
The New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass. is shown.
Ohio
Total cases: 15
Deaths: 0
The Ohio Department of Health said four clinics in the state received the contaminated drugs and 422 patients received injections. The clinics include BKC Pain Specialists in Marion, Ohio; Cincinnati Pain Management, in Cincinnati; Marion Pain Clinic in Marion, Ohio and Ortho-Spine Rehab Center in Dublin, Ohio.
Pennsylvania
Deaths: 0
The steroid injections tied to the outbreak were shipped to two Pennsylvania facilities: Allegheny Pain Management and South Hills Pain & Rehab Associates.
Rhode Island
Deaths: 0
Two Rhode Island facilities -- Ocean State Pain Management of Woonsocket and New England Anesthesiology, which has offices in Warwick and East Greenwich -- received medication from any of three lots recalled by New England Compounding Center.
South Carolina
Total cases: 1
Deaths:
Intervene MD in Mount Pleasant, S.C., received affected lots of steroid injections.
Tennessee
Total cases: 81
Deaths:13
Steroid injections from recalled lots were sent to three Tennessee facilities, according to the Department of Health: PCA Pain Center in Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgery Center in Nashville and the Specialty Surgery Center in Crossville, Tenn.
Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgery Center in Nashville (pictured) may have received up to 2,000 vials from the suspect lots and voluntarily closed its doors last month to assist with the investigation.
Texas
Total cases: 2
Deaths: 0
Two Texas facilities received contaminated lots of injections from the NECC: Dallas Back Pain Management in Dallas and Harris Methodist Southlake Center in Southlake, Texas.
Virginia
Total cases: 50
Deaths: 2
The Virginia Department of Health said it is working closely with Insight Imaging in Roanoke, Va. and New River Valley Surgery Center in Christiansburg, Va. to assist the 693 patients who received potentially contaminated steroid medication via injection between June 28, 2012 and September 26, 2012.
