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<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>
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<article-id>S0375-07602021000300009</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Utilidad de la prueba de la lactato deshidrogenasa en fallecidos cubanos con sida y neumonía por Pneumocystis jirovecii]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Usefulness of the lactate dehydrogenase test in Cuban patients deceased with AIDS and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[de Armas Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yaxsier]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Iane Payne]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leston]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Menéndez Capote]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Reinaldo L.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Poumier Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Olga]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Plascencia-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arturo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Cañaveral]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván I.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor R.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Capó de Paz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Virginia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Calderón Sandubete]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique J.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí"  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud Hospital Civil de Guadalajara &#8220;Fray Antonio Alcalde&#8221;]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Sevilla Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>73</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000300009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000300009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000300009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La neumonía por Pneumocystis jirovecii es una de las enfermedades de mayor impacto negativo en los pacientes con sida. La imposibilidad de cultivar el agente que la provoca, así como su cuadro clínico inespecífico y el alto costo de los métodos diagnósticos moleculares, señalan la necesidad de otras alternativas para su diagnóstico. La prueba de la lactato deshidrogenasa representa una opción a considerar.  Objetivo:  Demostrar la utilidad de la prueba de la lactato deshidrogenasa como diagnóstico de la Pneumocystis jirovecii en fallecidos cubanos por sida.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio de casos y controles (25 casos [Pneumocystis jirovecii] y 30 controles [compuestos por tres grupos: tuberculosis, linfoma y neumonía bacteriana, respectivamente]) en fallecidos cubanos a los que se realizó la autopsia desde enero de 1996 a diciembre de 2016. Se utilizaron cinco rangos de corte para buscar el valor óptimo de la prueba.  Resultados:  En el presente estudio existen diferencias altamente significativas entre los pacientes analizados (casos y controles) y entre los restantes individuos que componen los controles con respecto al del linfoma. El rango de corte óptimo para la prueba de la lactato deshidrogenasa fue (550-&lt;800 U/I) con sensibilidad de 80 % y especificidad de 63 %. La razón de disparidad (OR) demostró que existe 6,91 veces más probabilidades que los pacientes por Pneumocystis jirovecii tengan las cifras de LDH mayor que los pacientes controles.  Conclusiones:  Este trabajo aporta evidencias científicas del rol de la prueba de la lactato deshidrogenasa como herramienta complementaria para el diagnóstico de la Pneumocystis jirovecii.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is one of the diseases causing the greatest negative impact on AIDS patients. The impossibility of culturing its causative agent, its unspecific clinical presentation and the high cost of molecular diagnostic methods, make it necessary to find other diagnostic alternatives. The lactate dehydrogenase test is an option to be considered.  Objective:  Demonstrate the usefulness of the lactate dehydrogenase test to diagnose Pneumocystis jirovecii in Cuban patients deceased with AIDS.  Methods:  A case-control study was conducted (25 cases [Pneumocystis jirovecii] and 30 controls [distributed into three groups: tuberculosis, lymphoma and bacterial pneumonia, respectively]) of Cuban deceased patients undergoing post-mortem examination from January 1996 to December 2016. Five cutoff ranges were used to find the optimal value of the test.  Results:  Highly significant differences were found between the patients analyzed (cases and controls) and between the remaining individuals making up the controls with respect to the one with lymphoma. The optimal cutoff range for the lactate dehydrogenase test was 550-&lt;800 U/I, with 80% sensitivity and 63% specificity. The odds ratio (OR) showed that probabilities are 6.91 times greater that Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia patients have higher LDH figures than control patients.  Conclusions:  Scientific evidence is contributed of the role of the lactate dehydrogenase test as a complementary tool in the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fallecidos]]></kwd>
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