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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>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2312-38932023000200133</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2023.10.02.133</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Síndrome de compresión medular de etiología infecciosa]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Spinal cord compression syndrome of infectious etiology]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dávalos Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sobarzo Vysokolán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patricia María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garcete Espínola]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jazmín Soledad]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Centro Médico Nacional Hospital Nacional]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itauguá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Complejo Santo Domingo para Personas Mayores ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Itapúa Facultad de Medicina Postgrado en Medicina Interna]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Encarnación ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>133</fpage>
<lpage>137</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2312-38932023000200133&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2312-38932023000200133&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2312-38932023000200133&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El síndrome de compresión medular es una urgencia neuroquirúrgica debido a que un diagnóstico precoz y un tratamiento temprano podría revertir las incapacitantes secuelas ocasionadas por esta enfermedad. Las causas de este síndrome pueden ser traumática, metastásica, infecciosa y vascular (hematomas). La etiología infecciosa no es frecuente y el principal germen involucrado suele ser Staphylococcus aureus. A continuación presentamos el caso de una paciente de 58 años con síndrome de compresión medular de etiología infecciosa quien fue ingresada en el Servicio de Clínica Médica del Centro Médico Nacional.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Spinal cord compression syndrome is a neurosurgical emergency because early diagnosis and early treatment could reverse the disabling consequences caused by this disease. The causes of this syndrome can be traumatic, metastatic, infectious, and vascular (hematomas). Infectious etiology is not frequent and the main germ involved is usually Staphylococcus aureus. Below we present the case of a 58-year-old patient with spinal cord compression syndrome of infectious etiology who was admitted to the Medical Clinic Service of the National Medical Center.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[compresión de la médula espinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[empiema subdural]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[manifestaciones neurológicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[spinal cord compression]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[subdural empyema]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[neurologic manifestations]]></kwd>
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