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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0375-0760</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0375-0760</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0375-07602020000100010</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Anemia severa en adulto joven con infección por uncinarias]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Severe anemia in a young adult with hookworm infection]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arteaga-Livias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kovy]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dámaso-Mata]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bernardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrea]]></given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-Inga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Panduro-Correa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vicky]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Bravo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Percy]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán Facultad de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Huánuco ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital II EsSalud  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Huánuco ]]></addr-line>
<country>Perú</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina SOCIEM-HCO ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Perú</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Regional Hermilio Valdizán  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Huánuco ]]></addr-line>
<country>Perú</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>72</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0375-07602020000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0375-07602020000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0375-07602020000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La uncinariasis, anquilostomiasis o también conocida como anemia tropical, es una parasitosis intestinal de gran importancia mundial. Las uncinarias son parásitos nematodos transmitidas por el contacto de la piel con suelos contaminados. Una de las consecuencias más importantes de la infección masiva por estos parásitos es el sangrado intestinal crónico que conduce a disminución de la hemoglobina, y en casos inusuales, esta anemia puede llegar a ser severa. Con el objetivo de poner en discusión la importancia y morbilidad de esta enfermedad, presentamos el caso de un varón de 23 años, procedente de una zona tropical del Perú, quien ingresa por emergencia con un valor de hemoglobina de 2,3 mg/dL, alteración del nivel de conciencia e historia de rectorragia. Durante el proceso diagnóstico se encuentra en la colonoscopia múltiples parásitos con áreas de sangrado y colitis erosiva, mientras que en el examen parasitológico se observan huevos de Ancylostoma/Necator spp 2+. La sintomatología mejora posterior al tratamiento con albendazol. La uncinariasis debe siempre sospecharse en el proceso diagnóstico de pacientes con anemia crónica tanto en Perú como en zonas tropicales del mundo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Uncinariasis or ancylostomiasis, a.k.a. tropical anemia, is an intestinal parasitosis of great importance worldwide. Hookworms are parasitic nematodes transmitted by skin contact with contaminated soils. One of the most important consequences of massive infection by these parasites is chronic intestinal bleeding, which leads to reduced hemoglobin. In unusual cases the resulting anemia may be severe. With the purpose of discussing the importance and morbidity of this disease, a case is presented of a male 23-year-old patient from a tropical area in Peru who was admitted for an emergency hemoglobin value of 2.3 mg/dL, altered mental status and a history of rectal bleeding. During diagnostic examination, colonoscopy revealed multiple parasites with bleeding areas and erosive colitis, whereas parasitological analysis found eggs of Ancylostoma/Necator spp 2+. Symptoms improved after treatment with albendazole. Uncinariasis should always be suspected in the process of diagnosis of patients with chronic anemia both in Peru and in tropical areas worldwide.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infecciones por uncinarias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[colonoscopía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hemorragia gastrointestinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hookworm infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[colonoscopy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gastrointestinal bleeding]]></kwd>
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