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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1816-8949</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1816-8949</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[EFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1816-89492023000100109</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/anales/2023.056.01.109</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Meningioma Meningotelial cerebeloso complicado con absceso único a Nocardia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Meningioma Meningotelial cerebellar complicated with unique abscess to Nocardia]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Caballero Garcete]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fretes Apelt]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Federico Valentín]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez Flecha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Ariel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sebriano Paredes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcelo Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Diaz Mereles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dario]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Figueredo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Belinda]]></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, Departamento de Cuidados Intensivos Adultos]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Neurocirugía]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>56</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>109</fpage>
<lpage>112</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1816-89492023000100109&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1816-89492023000100109&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1816-89492023000100109&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La presentación de abscesos cerebrales relacionados a meningiomas es muy poco frecuente. Usualmente son causados por bacterias comunes, siendo la Nocardia un agente etiológico excepcional. Presentamos la primera descripción en Paraguay de un absceso cerebral a Nocardia Spp asociado a meningioma en un paciente inmunocomprometido por consumo prolongado de corticoides (dexametasona).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The presentation of cerebral abscesses related to meningiomas is very rare. They are usually caused by common bacteria, nocardia being an exceptional etiological agent. We present the first description in Paraguay of a cerebral abscess to Nocardia spp associated meningioma in an immunocompromised patient for prolonged corticosteroid consumption (dexamethasone).]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nocardia Spp]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[meningioma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[absceso cerebral asociado a tumor.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nocardia spp]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Meningioma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[brain abscess associated with tumor.]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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