title: Battlefront. Michigan hospital at forefront in national fight against outbreak from tainted injections.
abstract: A hospital in Michigan has found itself at the epicenter of a spiraling fungal meningitis outbreak that has turned the facility into a learning laboratory and tested its emergency preparedness. "Disasters usually have a defined time period, and we quickly realized we were going from a sprint to marathon," says Rob Casalou, CEO of St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKinney
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004339:Drug Compounding; D004340:Drug Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D016921:Meningitis, Fungal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D013256:Steroids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids