RESUMO
Se practicaron cultivos para N. meningitidis en 118 niños entre 1 y 14 años que viven en la guardería del CRL (31 niños), en el albergue María Reyna (50) y en el pabellón de varones del CRL (37), tratando de identificar la fuente de infección del brote epidémico de EMA ocurrido 2 meses atrás en este centro penitenciario.Se tomó una muestra de cada fosa nasal y se procesaron los 236 cultivos. No se aisló ninguna colonia de N. meningitidis.Entre las conclusiones se destaca que estos niños no son fuentes de infección ni de contaminación así como tampoco representa un potencial elemento diseminador de la bacteria en la comunidad.
Several cultures heading to the isolation of Neisseria meningitidis were performed to 118 children between the ages of 1 to 14 years old, living in the foster home for the CRL (31 children), Maria Reyna temporary home (50) and the mens block (37), with the purpose of identifying the source of infection for the outbreak that took place 2 months ago in this facility.One sample for each nostril was taken and 236 cultures were processed. No single strain of N. meningitidis was isolated.Among the conclusions of this trial is obvious that these children are not neither the source of infection nor contamination as well as they do not represent a spreading risk for N. meningitidis in community.