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Meningitis - Prevention

Prevención:

  • La vacuna contra el Haemophilus (vacuna HiB) en los niños ayudará a prevenir un tipo de meningitis.
  • La vacuna antineumocócica conjugada es ahora una vacuna de rutina en la infancia y es muy eficaz para prevenir la meningitis neumocócica.
  • Los miembros del hogar y otros en estrecho contacto con personas que tengan meningitis meningocócica deben recibir antibióticos preventivos para evitar infectarse.

La vacuna meningocócica se recomienda para:

  • Adolescentes en edades de 11 - 12 años y adolescentes que ingresan a la secundaria (alrededor de los 15 años) y que aún no hayan recibido la vacuna.
  • Todos los estudiantes universitarios que no hayan sido vacunados y que estén viviendo en residencias estudiantiles.
  • Niños de dos años en adelante que no tengan el bazo o que tengan otros problemas con el sistema inmunitario.
  • Personas que viajan a países donde son comunes las enfermedades causadas por el meningococo (preguntarle al médico).

Algunas comunidades realizan campañas de vacunación después de un brote de meningitis meningocócica.

  • Reviewed last on: 9/15/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Swartz MN. Meningitis: bacterial, viral, and other. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 437.

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