Fungal meningitis outbreaks at medical clinics in Mexico have left at least four Americans  dead and likely infected more, federal officials said in a recent update.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that as of late last week, 179 people are under investigation in connection to the outbreak, while there are 14 suspected cases, 10 probable cases, and four confirmed cases—along with the four deaths. The cases occurred among patients who underwent procedures under epidural anesthesia in clinics in the border city of Matamoros in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state.
The two clinics  associated with the fungal meningitis outbreak are River Side Surgical Center and Clinica K-3, officials said. Those facilities have since been closed since mid-May, the CDC said, but it added that anyone who underwent epidural anesthesia for a procedure may be at risk….