<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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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>
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<article-id>S0034-75312021000500011</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prurito anal en niños cubanos con dipylidiosis]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Anal pruritus in Cuban children with dipylidiasis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Zayas Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iris Gladys]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Mestre Villavicencio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Domenech Cañete]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ingrid]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zhaily]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Medicina Tropical &#8220;Pedro Kourí&#8221; (IPK) Laboratorio Nacional de Parasitología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Universitario &#8220;William Soler Ledea&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>93</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75312021000500011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75312021000500011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75312021000500011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La dipylidiosis es una zoonosis parasitaria producida por Dipylidium caninum. La infección es más frecuente en niños que en adultos debido al estrecho contacto de los primeros con mascotas (perros y gatos). La dipylidiosis es una enfermedad benigna y autolimitada, generalmente cursa de manera asintomática, aunque en ocasiones pueden aparecer algunos síntomas.  Objetivo:  Exponer el caso de niños cubanos con prurito anal, forma clínica poco frecuente de presentación de la dipylidiosis.  Presentación de casos:  Se trata de cuatro niños de La Habana, Cuba, atendidos en la atención primaria y secundaria de salud por presentar prurito anal, acompañado de la expulsión de elementos blanquecinos móviles en las deposiciones. Se les realizó estudios de las heces y técnica de Graham, con resultados negativos. La falta de diagnóstico etiológico de una posible parasitosis, propició la remisión de los casos al Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Parasitología del Instituto de Medicina Tropical &#8220;Pedro Kouri&#8221; donde se interrogó a las madres y se indicaron exámenes de las heces, que identificaron D. caninum.  Conclusión:  Ante niños con prurito anal, forma clínica de presentación poco frecuente de la dipylidiosis, es necesario hacer el diagnóstico diferencial de esta taeniosis zoonótica y solicitar el diagnóstico parasitológico para confirmar la parasitosis. Los resultados negativos obtenidos en la atención primaria y secundaria de salud, hacen sospechar el desconocimiento del diagnóstico de esta zoonosis parasitaria en la red nacional de salud, que, además, produjo demora de dicho diagnóstico y su confirmación en el nivel terciario de salud.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Dipylidiasis is a parasitic zoonosis produced by Dipylidium caninum. The infection is more frequent in children than in adults due to the close contact of children with pets (dogs and cats). Dipylidiasis is a benign and self-limiting disease, usually occurs asymptomatically, although sometimes some symptoms may appear.  Objective:  Present the case of Cuban children with anal pruritus, a rare clinical form of presentation for dipylidiasis.  Presentation of cases:  Four children from Havana, Cuba, treated in primary and secondary health care services after presenting anal pruritus, accompanied by the withdraw of mobile whitish elements in the stools. Stool studies and Graham's technique were performed, with negative results. The lack of etiological diagnosis of a possible parasitosis, led to the referral of the cases to the National Reference Laboratory of Parasitology of &#8220;Pedro Kouri&#8221; Institute of Tropical Medicine where the mothers were questioned and stool tests were indicated, which identified D. caninum.  Conclusion:  In children with anal pruritus, a rare clinical form of presentation of dipylidiasis, it is necessary to make the differential diagnosis of this zoonotic taeniosis and request the parasitological diagnosis to confirm this parasitosis. The negative results obtained in primary and secondary health care services make suspect the ignorance of the diagnosis of this zoonotic taeniosis in the national health network, which, in addition, produced delay in the diagnosis and its confirmation at the tertiary level of health.]]></p></abstract>
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