Investigational antifungal fosmanogepix has been added as a first-line treatment in recommendations penned following the emergence of an ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak, researchers said.
“Public health authorities continue to respond to a multinational outbreak of fungal meningitis among people who had procedures under epidural anesthesia in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico,” Dallas J. Smith, PharmD, epidemiologist in CDC’s Mycotic Diseases Branch, told Healio. “This update on the ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak was published to raise awareness of patient