Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Associated with Mexican Cosmetic Surgery Clinics Causes Six Deaths
More than 200 people are at risk of developing the virus after getting cosmetic surgery at two clinics close to the southern border, where six people have already passed away from fungal meningitis outbreak. The Mexican Ministry of Health and the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have closed the two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, a border town close to the northeastern part of the country, as they look into the epidemic. Patients who underwent cosmetic operations between January and May this year at the River Side Surgical Centre or Clinica K-3 are at danger. On May 13, both clinics were closed due to the fungal meningitis outbreak. At least five of the individuals that were impacted were female. The use of spinal anaesthesia in the clinics has been linked by the World Health Organisation to the outbreak. To numb the central nervous system, doctors in this practise will directly inject anaesthetics into the spine. Prior to the sixth case being reported this month, th...