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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7531</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Pediatría]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Pediatr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7531</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-75312019000400004</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización clínica-epidemiológica según la edad de pacientes diagnosticados con cólera]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinic-epidemiological description according to the age of patients diagnosed with cholera]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mena Miranda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vivian Rosario]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ávila Ochoa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ivonne]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cabrera Bueno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alicia de la Caridad]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Febles García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Giselle María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico de Centro Habana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>91</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75312019000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75312019000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75312019000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  Se estima que 1,4 billones de personas están en riesgo de infectarse por cólera y la mitad de los fallecidos son menores de 5 años.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar clínica y epidemiológicamente a los pacientes afectados por vibrión colérico según la edad de los enfermos y el tiempo que medió entre la aparición de los síntomas de la enfermedad y la asistencia al Sistema Nacional de Salud.  Métodos:  Estudio clínico, epidemiológico, descriptivo y prospectivo desde 2013-2017 a los pacientes que se les confirmó por coprocultivo el V. cholerae como causa de enfermedad diarreica aguda en el hospital pediátrico de Centro Habana. Se analizaron variables cualitativas y cuantitativas.  Resultados:  Se registraron 115 niños mayores de 5 años y 44 menores de 5 años afectados por el cólera. El 54,7 % del total de pacientes estudiados estuvo en la zona afectada, el 94,3 % presentó deposiciones líquidas, el 18,2 % con aspecto de agua de arroz, el 7,5 % con olor a pescado, el 47,2 % presentó vómitos, el 6,9 % fiebre y el 12,8 % dolor abdominal. El valor de la mediana del tiempo que medio entre la aparición de los síntomas y la asistencia al médico fue de 24 horas.  Conclusiones:  Los pacientes más afectados son los mayores de 5 años y los que más tardíamente acudieron al Sistema Nacional de Salud. En todos predomina la procedencia de la zona afectada, las deposiciones líquidas y los vómitos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  It is estimated that 1.4 billion people are at risk of being infected by cholera and half of them are children under 5 years old.  Objective: To describe clinically and epidemiologically the patients affected by Vibrio cholerae according to their age and the time passed from the onset of symptoms of disease to their attendance to the National Health System.  Methods: Clinical, epidemiological, descriptive and prospective study from 2013 to 2017 in patients with confirmed V. cholerae by stool culture as a cause of acute diarrheal disease in the Pediatric Hospital of Centro Habana municipality.Qualitative and quantitative variables were analyzed.  Results: There was a record of 115 children over 5 years and 44 children under 5 years affected by cholera. The 54.7% of the total number of patients studied was in the affected area, 94.3% presented liquid stool, 18.2% of those looked like rice water, 7.5% with fishy smell; 47.2% of the patients presented vomiting, and 6.9% fever and 12.8% abdominal pain. The value of the mean time between the onset of symptoms and the assistance to the physician was of 24 hours.  Conclusions:  Most affected patients and that attended late to the National Health System were the ones over 5 years. In all predominated coming from the affected area, liquid stools and vomiting.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vibrion cholerae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[características clínicas y epidemiológicas]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vibrio cholerae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[clinical and epidemiological characteristics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[age]]></kwd>
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