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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1025-0255</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[AMC]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1025-0255</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1025-02552019000200264</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Colitis pseudomembranosa: a propósito de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Pseudomembranosa colitis: apropos of a case]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tartabull-Poutriel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kiopper]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Toledo-Cabarcos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yudenia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nicolau-Pestana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Camagüey ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Centro de Inmunología y Productos Biológicos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Camagüey ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>264</fpage>
<lpage>269</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1025-02552019000200264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1025-02552019000200264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1025-02552019000200264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento:  la colitis pseudomembranosa es una enfermedad causada por el clostridium difficile en los últimos tiempos ha llamado la atención de la comunidad médica, por aumento en la incidencia en las instituciones de salud, así como, en la comunidad, motivado por el consumo frecuente y a veces no ordenado de antimicrobianos.  Objetivo:  describir un caso de un paciente con diagnóstico postmorten de colitis pseudomembranosa.  Caso clínico:  paciente masculino de 71 años con antecedentes de enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica y válvula protésica mitral, con esquemas de tratamientos antimicrobianos profilácticos cada mes para evitar infecciones respiratorias, el cual ingresó por presentar deposiciones diarreicas de escasa cantidad pero frecuentes con abundante sangre y moco acompañado de fiebre y dolor abdominal, con una evolución intrahospitalaria tórpida hasta su fallecimiento, el diagnóstico en la necropsia realizada arrojó una colitis pseudomembranosa.  Conclusiones:  la colitis pseudomembranosa producida por el clostridium difficile es una enfermedad que hay que tener presente en los diagnósticos de paciente hospitalizados los cuales se encuentran con tratamiento antimicrobianos o que procedan de la comunidad donde se les prescribió con este tipo de fármacos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background:  pseudomembranous colitis is a disease caused by Clostridium difficile in recent times has attracted the attention of the medical community, due to an increase in the incidence in health institutions, as well as in the community, motivated by the more frequent use and sometimes not ordered antimicrobials.  Objective:  to describe a case of a patient with a postmortem diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis.  Clinical case:  a 71-year-old male patient with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mitral prosthetic valve to receive from several months prophylactic antimicrobial cycles every month to avoid respiratory infections, who is admitted due to scarce diarrheic stools, but frequent with abundant blood and mucus accompanied by fever and abdominal pain, with an intra-hospital torpid evolution until his death, performing the diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis in the necropsy study.  Conclusions:  the pseudomembranous colitis produced by Clostridium difficile is a disease that has to be kept in mind in the diagnoses of hospitalized patients who are under antimicrobial treatment or who come from the community where they were prescribed with this type of drugs.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ENTEROCOLITIS SEUDOMEMBRANOSA/diagnóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE/efectos de los fármacos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ANTIINFECCIOSOS/uso terapéutico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[AUTOPSIA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[INFORMES DE CASOS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS/diagnosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE/drug effects]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS/therapeutic use]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[AUTOPSY]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[CASE REPORTS]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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