Cases under Investigation, Case Counts, and Deaths as of 5/24/23
| Cases | |
|---|---|
| Cases under investigation (People with no symptoms1 or symptoms are unknown, spinal tap results pending or unknown) |
206 |
| Suspected cases (Symptoms consistent with meningitis, spinal tap results pending or unknown) |
9 |
| Probable cases (Spinal tap results suggest meningitis;2 fungus not isolated) |
9 |
| Confirmed cases (Fungus detected from samples3) |
0 |
| Deaths4 | 2 |
1 Meningitis symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and altered mental status.
2 Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profile with >5 WBCs/mm3, accounting for the presence of red cells (i.e., subtracting 1 white cell for every 500 RBCs present).
3 Fungus could be detected by culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, or metagenomic next generation sequencing (mNGS) testing of CSF or tissue.
4 Both patients who died were classified as having probable cases.
