Anabolic steroids and contamination with fungal meningitis

Over 500 persons were contaminated with fungal meningitis after they had administered Methylprednisolone injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Center (NECC). More than 30 individuals died from this disease. Nobody must have doubted that the contamination was a great tragedy for certain persons and their families. Nonetheless, anti-doping organizations decided to benefit from the situation. What did they do? They started demonizing anabolic steroids. It was claimed by the media that anabolic steroids could cause the life-threatening illness fungal meningitis.
Recently the Bay County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation linked with illegal manufacture of anabolic steroids. It learnt that anabolic steroids were manufactured by certain underground lab in unsterile conditions. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported that they conducted the investigation for prevention of contamination with fungal meningitis in future. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, if anybody takes anabolic steroids manufactured in unsterile conditions, he/she may get fungal meningitis.
In fact, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office displayed own ignorance linked with anabolic steroids and risks connected with contamination with fungal meningitis. One may face fungal meningitis, if he/she uses products which are injected directly into the central nervous system. Methylprednisolone Acetate injections are applied into the central nervous system. That’s why these contaminated corticosteroids caused the fungal meningitis outbreak. As for anabolic steroids, they are not injected into the central nervous system. They are mainly injected into muscles. That’s why it is impossible to be contaminated with fungal meningitis while administering anabolic steroids. If you use anabolic steroids which are produced in unsterile conditions, you may experience several undesirable results. But you will never get fungal meningitis while using anabolic steroids for therapeutic or even for athletic needs.  
So, the fungal meningitis outbreak caused by application of contaminated Methylprednisolone Acetate injections was just a condition to blame anabolic steroids.  Note, please: Methylprednisolone Acetate is not an anabolic steroid. It is a corticosteroid.