Anabolic steroids can’t cause fungal meningitis

More than 500 persons were contaminated with fungal meningitis after they had used Methylprednisolone injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Center (NECC). More than 30 individuals died from this disease. No one must have doubted that the contamination was a great tragedy for several persons and their families. Nonetheless, anti-doping organizations tried to benefit from the situation. What did they do? They started blaming anabolic steroids. It was noted by the media that anabolic steroids could cause the life-threatening illness fungal meningitis.
Recently the Bay County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation related to illicit manufacture of anabolic steroids. It learnt that anabolic steroids were produced by an underground lab in unsterile conditions. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office claimed that they conducted the investigation for prevention of contamination with fungal meningitis in future. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, if somebody uses anabolic steroids produced in unsterile conditions, he/she has a risk to get fungal meningitis.
Actually, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office manifested own ignorance related to anabolic steroids and risks linked with contamination with fungal meningitis. An individual may face fungal meningitis, if he/she takes drugs that are injected directly into the central nervous system. Methylprednisolone Acetate injections are administered 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 introduced into muscles. That’s why it is impossible to be contaminated with fungal meningitis while taking anabolic steroids. If you take anabolic steroids that are manufactured in unsterile conditions, you may get several undesirable results. But you will never get fungal meningitis while taking anabolic steroids for medical or even for athletic needs.  
Thus, the fungal meningitis outbreak resulted from usage of contaminated Methylprednisolone Acetate injections turned out to be just a condition to blame anabolic steroids.  Note, please: Methylprednisolone Acetate is not an anabolic steroid. It belongs to corticosteroids.