State and federal health officials are warning U.S. residents to cancel planned surgeries in a Mexico border city after five people from Texas developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis
FILE - Motorists pay toll at Gateway International Bridge, March 6, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas, to cross into Matamoros, Mexico. Texas and federal health officials are warning U.S. residents to cancel planned surgeries in Matamoros after five people from Texas who got procedures there came back and developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis. One of them died, officials said Tuesday, May 16. BROWNSVILLE, Texas — — State and federal health officials are warning U.S.
Meningitis is the swelling of the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord and should be treated urgently. Symptoms include fever, headache, a stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, confusion and sensitivity to light. Cases of meningitis can be caused by viruses, bacteria, trauma or fungi. U.S. and Mexican authorities are attempting to find the source of the infection, whether the cases are linked and if there are other cases, the Texas health department said.
Patients in the Texas cases began showing symptoms three days to six weeks after surgery in Matamoros.
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