Mount Pleasant clinic got possibly tainted steroid

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Story Created: Oct 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 8, 2012 at 3:15 AM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina health officials say one clinic in Mount Pleasant received a batch of drugs used for steroid shots that have been linked to a rare form of meningitis.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control said Friday that no cases of fungal meningitis have been reported in South Carolina. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about three dozen people in six other states have contracted meningitis. Five of them have died.

The CDC says Intervene MD is the clinic in South Carolina. Officials say they have notified 177 of the 189 patients who got spinal steroid injections from the clinic to discuss their health and the symptoms of meningitis.

DHEC says residents don't need to worry unless they have heard from the clinic or the agency.

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