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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1812-9528</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1812-9528</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1812-95282020000300012</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2020.018.03.12</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de las complicaciones infecciosas en pacientes con cirrosis hepática internados en un hospital universitario]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of infectious complications in patients with liver cirrhosis admitted to a university hospital]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Giménez-Ortigoza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital de Clínicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>12</fpage>
<lpage>16</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1812-95282020000300012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1812-95282020000300012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1812-95282020000300012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La cirrosis hepática ocasiona significativa mortalidad y morbilidad. El objetivo de esta investigación fue conocer las complicaciones infecciosas de los pacientes con cirrosis hepática internados en un hospital universitario de San Lorenzo, Paraguay. Se analizaron las historias clínicas de los pacientes con diagnóstico de cirrosis hepática y una enfermedad infecciosa internados en el Hospital de Clínicas, desde enero del año 2015 a enero del marzo 2020. La información se analizó utilizando EpiInfo. Se incluyeron 106 pacientes con una edad promedio de 59,3 ± 18 años. La enfermedad infecciosa más frecuente fue la neumonía con un 35 % y la causa más frecuente de cirrosis fue el alcoholismo, se observó además una frecuencia de 39% de bacteriemia con predominio etiológico de bacterias gram negativas. Hubo un promedio de 19,7 días de estancia hospitalaria. En conclusión, la enfermedad más frecuente fue la neumonía y las bacterias aisladas con mayor frecuencia fueron Klebsiella pneumoniae y Escherichia coli.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Liver cirrhosis causes significant mortality and morbidity. The objective of this research was to know the infectious complications of patients with liver cirrhosis admitted to a university hospital in San Lorenzo, Paraguay. The medical records of patients diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and an infectious disease admitted to the Hospital de Clínicas were analyzed from January 2015 to January 2020. The information was analyzed using Epi Info. One hundred six patients with an age average of 59.3 ± 18 years were included. The most frequent infectious disease was pneumonia (35%) and the most frequent cause of cirrhosis was alcoholism, a frequency of 39% of bacteremia with an etiological predominance of gram-negative bacteria was also observed. There was an average of 19.7 days of hospital stay. In conclusion, the most common disease was pneumonia and the most frequently isolated bacteria were Klebsiella pneumoniae y Escherichia coli.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cirrosis hepática]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Liver cirrhosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pneumonia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></kwd>
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