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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2072-8174</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista del Nacional (Itauguá)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Nac. (Itauguá)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2072-8174</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Hospital Nacional (Itauguá)]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2072-81742020000100042</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rdn2020.0012.01.042-054</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características clínicas, bacteriológicas y demográficas de las endocarditis infecciosas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical, bacteriological and demographic characteristics of infective endocarditis]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Romero Flecha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jossep Rafael]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aveiro Figueredo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alba Concepción]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Itapúa Facultad de Medicina Postgrado en Medicina Interna]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Encarnación ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>42</fpage>
<lpage>54</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2072-81742020000100042&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2072-81742020000100042&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2072-81742020000100042&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: la endocarditis infecciosa, es una enfermedad con una diversidad de presentación clínica, de elevada morbimortalidad, a pesar de los adelantos en el diagnóstico y en la eficacia de antibióticos.  Objetivos: describir las características clínicas, bacteriológicas, demográficas y mortalidad asociada de los pacientes con endocarditis infecciosa, internados en el Hospital Nacional, Itauguá-Paraguay de 2016 a 2018.  Metodología: estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transverso, de pacientes con endocarditis infecciosa, según los criterios de Duke modificados.  Resultados: se incluyeron 50 pacientes; edad 43 ± 16 años, 70 % fueron varones, la procedencia (38 %) del Departamento Central, ingresaron por fiebre 42 (84 %); se encontró que 44 (88 %) de los casos sobre válvulas nativas, las más afectadas la mitral 20 (46 %) seguida de la aórtica 16 (36 %) siendo en este grupo Staphylococcus aureus (36 %) el germen prevalente, además 6 (12 %) de los casos sobre válvulas protésicas, siendo en este grupo Staphylococcus spp. (46 %) el germen prevalente, se encontró que eran portadores de catéter para hemodiálisis 8 (16 %) de los pacientes, 17 (39 %) con hemocultivos negativos. Presentaron complicaciones (52 %) de estas fueron cardíacas (24 %), neurológicas (18 %), embolia pulmonar (6 %), renal (4 %) se constató desenlace fatal (44 %) de los casos, siendo las de peor pronóstico las complicaciones neurológicas.  Conclusiones: la endocarditis infecciosa según los hallazgos, continúa siendo una enfermedad frecuente con complicaciones graves y de elevada mortalidad, un desafío; identificación de factores de riesgo abriendo un escenario en el que sería importante trabajar y promover las medidas de prevención, insistir en el uso de fistulas arterio venosas para hemodiálisis en pacientes ambulatorios. El germen más frecuente el Staphylococcus spp.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: infective endocarditisis a disease with a diversity of clinical presentation, high morbidity and mortality, a weight of advances in diagnosis and in the efficacy of antibiotics.  Objectives:  to describe the clinical, bacteriological, demographic and associated mortality characteristics of patients with infective endocarditis, admitted to the Hospital Nacional, Itauguá - Paraguay from 2016 to 2018.  Methodology:  observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study of patients with infective endocarditisis, according to modified Duke criteria  Results:  50 patients were included; age 43 ± 16 years, 70 % were men, the origin (38 %) of the Departamento Central, 42 entered for fever (84 %); It was found that 44 (88 %) of the cases on native valves, the most affected were the mitral 20 (46 %) followed by the aortic 16 (36 %), with Staphylococcus aureus (36 %) being the prevalent germ in this group, in addition 6 (12 %) of the cases on prosthetic valves, being in this group Staphylococcus spp. (46 %) the prevalent germ, it was found that they were catheter carriers for hemodialysis 8 (16 %) of the patients, 17 (39 %) with blood cultures negatives They presented complications (52 %) of these were cardiac (24 %), neurological (18 %), pulmonary embolism (6 %), renal (4 %) and a fatal outcome (44 %) of the cases was found, being those with the worst prognosis neurological complications.  Conclusions: infective endocarditisis, according to the findings, continues to be a frequent disease with serious complications and high deaths, a challenge; Identification of risk factors to open a scenario in which it would be important to work and promote preventive measures, insist on the use of arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis in outpatients. The most frequent germ Staphylococcus spp.]]></p></abstract>
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