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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2312-3893</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2312-3893</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2312-38932017000100100</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2017.04(01)100-104</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Infecciones por Staphylococcus aureus meticilino resistentes adquiridas en la comunidad]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Community-acquired methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ibarra Orrego]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Claudia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arrúa Torreani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Néstor]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kunzle Durañona]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acuña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Anacleto]]></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. ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Militar Central de las Fuerzas Armadas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Militar Central de las Fuerzas Armadas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>4</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>100</fpage>
<lpage>104</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2312-38932017000100100&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2312-38932017000100100&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2312-38932017000100100&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se presentan 8 pacientes adultos internados en el Servicio de Clínica Médica del Hospital Militar Central (Asunción, Paraguay) entre enero/2014 y julio /2016 con infecciones pulmonares, de piel y partes blandas producidas por S. aureus resistentes a la meticilina adquiridas en la comunidad (SARM-AC). El 87,5% presentó bacteriemia, de los cuales la mitad evolucionó desfavorablemente, requiriendo internación en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT We present 8 adult patients admitted to the Medical Clinic of the Central Military Hospital (Asunción, Paraguay) between January, 2014 and July, 2016 with lung, skin and soft tissues infections caused by community-acquired methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Bacteremia was present in 87,5%, half of them evolved unfavorably requiring admission into the Intensive Care Unit.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Staphylococcus aureus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infecciones estafilocócicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[resistencia a la meticilina adquiridas en la comunidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Staphylococcus aureus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[staphylococcal infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[methycillin resistance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[community-acquired]]></kwd>
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