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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>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0375-07602022000300021</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evolución satisfactoria de un paciente adulto con malaria grave y complicada por Plasmodium falciparum]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Satisfactory course of an adult patient with severe complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lázara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortega González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lilia María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marrero Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Odalys]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valdespino González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pomier Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Olga]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Trujillo Machado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmelo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí (IPK)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>74</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0375-07602022000300021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0375-07602022000300021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0375-07602022000300021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La malaria continúa siendo un importante problema de salud a nivel mundial, su diagnóstico temprano y tratamiento inmediato son fundamentales para prevenir las complicaciones y la muerte.  Objetivo: Reportar el caso de un paciente cubano procedente de República de Guinea, que presentó malaria complicada por Plasmodium falciparum, el cual fue hospitalizado en el Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí (IPK).  Caso clínico: Paciente masculino, cubano, de piel negra, 63 años de edad, profesión marinero mercante. Sin antecedentes patológicos personales. Llegó al IPK en camilla, con cierto deterioro de la conciencia, debilidad generalizada, dificultad respiratoria y compromiso del ritmo diurético. Ingresó en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos donde recibió tratamiento con los antipalúdicos artesunato y primaquina. La parasitemia fue descendiendo en el decursar de los días. El paciente sobrevivió y egresó satisfactoriamente a los 16 días posteriores a su ingreso. Fue debidamente notificado a las autoridades del Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba, lo que constituye un procedimiento obligatorio del Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de Enfermedades Transmisibles en Cuba.  Conclusión: La rapidez en el diagnóstico, así como el tratamiento integral, eficaz y oportuno, fue de importancia vital y condujo a un buen desenlace de la enfermedad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Malaria continues to be a major health problem worldwide, its early diagnosis and prompt treatment are critical to prevent complications and death.  Objective: To report the case of a Cuban patient from the Republic of Guinea, who presented with complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria, who was hospitalized at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí (IPK).  Clinical case:  Male patient, Cuban, black-skinned, 63 years old, occupation: merchant seaman. No personal pathological history. He arrived at the IPK on a stretcher, with some deterioration of consciousness, generalized weakness, respiratory distress and diuretic rhythm compromise. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit where he received treatment with the antimalarial drugs artesunate and primaquine. Parasitemia decreased over the days. The patient survived and was discharged satisfactorily 16 days after admission. This case was duly notified to the authorities of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, which is a mandatory procedure of the National Surveillance System of Communicable Diseases in Cuba.  Conclusion: Prompt diagnosis, as well as a comprehensive, effective, and timely treatment was vital and led to a good disease outcome.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[malaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[malaria complicada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Plasmodium falciparum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[malaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[complicated malaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Plasmodium falciparum]]></kwd>
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