Friday 5 October 2012

Intense pain, confusing diagnosis mark meningitis

Teresa Russell, second from left, comforts her brother, Jeffrey Russell, left, as Jeffrey talks about their mother, Janet Russell, on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. Janet Russell is suffering from a deadly fungal meningitis that 39 people in six states have also contracted after getting steroid shots for back pain. Five have died. Sister Tracy Barreiro, is seated second from right, and father Bobby Russell, is at right. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) A week after her annual steroid shot for back pain, Janet Russell began getting unbearable headaches. A fever followed. Doctors admitted her to the hospital, but couldn't say what was wrong.




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