{"id":56213,"date":"2026-04-20T07:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conexion23.com\/?p=56213"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:36:13","slug":"salud-reporta-50-casos-sospechosos-de-meningitis-en-lo-que-va-de-ano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conexion23.com\/?p=56213","title":{"rendered":"Salud reporta 50 casos sospechosos de meningitis en lo que va de a\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En lo que va de a\u00f1o se han notificado\u00a050 casos de\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/dia-mundial-contra-la-meningitis-pequenos-habitos-que-hacen-gran-diferencia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meningitis<\/a>\u00a0en Rep\u00fablica Dominicana, de los cuales\u00a048 son sospechosos\u00a0y solo\u00a02 han sido confirmados, de acuerdo con el bolet\u00edn de la\u00a0Direcci\u00f3n de Epidemiolog\u00eda\u00a0del\u00a0Ministerio de Salud P\u00fablica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seg\u00fan el informe oficial de la\u00a0semana epidemiol\u00f3gica 13, es de decir, del\u00a029 de marzo al 4 de abril, el\u00a060% de los casos sospechosos\u00a0(29 pacientes) corresponde al sexo\u00a0masculino, siendo el grupo etario m\u00e1s afectado el de\u00a050 a 59 a\u00f1os. En cuanto a los\u00a0casos confirmados, ambos corresponden a hombres de 24 y 74 a\u00f1os, procedentes de\u00a0Santo Domingo\u00a0y\u00a0San Juan, respectivamente.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La\u00a0meningitis\u00a0es una\u00a0inflamaci\u00f3n de las membranas que recubren el cerebro\u00a0y la\u00a0m\u00e9dula espinal, generalmente causada por una infecci\u00f3n bacteriana. Entre los s\u00edntomas m\u00e1s comunes se encuentran dolor de cabeza, fiebre y rigidez en el cuello.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Las autoridades sanitarias explican que diversas bacterias pueden provocar esta enfermedad, incluyendo\u00a0Streptococcus pneumoniae<em>,<\/em>\u00a0estreptococo del grupo B,\u00a0Escherichia coli,\u00a0Haemophilus influenzae,\u00a0Neisseria meningitidis\u00a0y Listeria monocytogenes<em>,<\/em>\u00a0variando su incidencia seg\u00fan factores de riesgo.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aumento de enfermedad meningoc\u00f3cica<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">El mismo bolet\u00edn epidemiol\u00f3gico tambi\u00e9n reporta tres nuevos casos de\u00a0enfermedad meningoc\u00f3cica, elevando a\u00a011 el total de casos probables\u00a0registrados hasta el 4 de abril, cifra que supera los\u00a0seis casos reportados en el mismo per\u00edodo del a\u00f1o anterior.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La enfermedad meningoc\u00f3cica es una\u00a0infecci\u00f3n causada espec\u00edficamente por la bacteria Neisseria meningitidis<em>,<\/em> la cual puede provocar tanto meningitis como infecciones en la sangre, lo que la convierte en una condici\u00f3n potencialmente grave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En cuanto a la mortalidad, Salud P\u00fablica notific\u00f3 tres defunciones asociadas a esta enfermedad en las primeras 13 semanas del a\u00f1o, una menos que las cuatro registradas en igual per\u00edodo de 2025.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incidencia en aumento<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">El informe destaca que la incidencia acumulada de la enfermedad se sit\u00faa en\u00a00.40 casos por cada 100 mil habitantes, lo que representa un incremento del 79% en la tasa de incidencia en comparaci\u00f3n con el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Las autoridades reiteran la importancia de acudir a centros de salud ante s\u00edntomas sospechosos y mantener las medidas de prevenci\u00f3n, especialmente en grupos vulnerables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En lo que va de a\u00f1o se han notificado\u00a050 casos de\u00a0meningitis\u00a0en Rep\u00fablica Dominicana, de los cuales\u00a048 son sospechosos\u00a0y solo\u00a02 han sido confirmados, de acuerdo con el bolet\u00edn de la\u00a0Direcci\u00f3n de Epidemiolog\u00eda\u00a0del\u00a0Ministerio de Salud P\u00fablica. 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