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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2078-7170</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CorSalud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CorSalud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2078-7170</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2078-71702019000100079</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Endocarditis por Pseudomonas spp: Descripción de un caso poco frecuente]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas spp: description of a rare case]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres Zambrano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ángela J.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Frank]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular Servicio de Cardiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>79</fpage>
<lpage>83</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2078-71702019000100079&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2078-71702019000100079&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2078-71702019000100079&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Las infecciones por los dispositivos cardiovasculares son cada vez más frecuentes. Se presenta el caso de un hombre de 62 años edad con fiebre y toma del estado general, que había sido intervenido hacía siete años para la implantación de un marcapasos. En los complementarios se observaron leucocitosis y hemoglobina por debajo de 10 g/L; y en el ecocardiograma, un electrodo de marcapaso en cavidades derechas con múltiples masas ecodensas que indicaban endocarditis infecciosa. Se realizó extracción quirúrgica del dispositivo y cultivo de muestras de las vegetaciones, con aislamiento de Pseudomonas spp. Se administró terapia antimicrobiana sobre la base del antibiograma y el paciente evolucionó satisfactoriamente. Se debe pensar en esta enfermedad ante todo paciente con marcapasos que presente fiebre y sintomatología general, una vez que se han descartado otros posibles focos de infección; además, se debe actuar rápido para lograr un tratamiento adecuado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Infections due to cardiovascular devices are becoming more frequent. Here is presented the case of a 62-year-old male patient with fever and poor general condition, who had been intervened seven years ago for the implantation of a pacemaker. In the blood tests, leukocytosis and hemoglobin below 10 g/L were observed. The echocardiogram showed a pacemaker electrode in the right cavities with multiple echo-dense masses indicating infectious endocarditis. A surgical extraction of the device was performed as well as culture of vegetation samples with the isolation of Pseudomonas spp. An antimicrobial therapy was provided on the basis of the antibiogram, and the patient progressed satisfactorily. This clinical entity should be considered in any patient with a pacemaker who presents fever and general symptoms, once other possible sources of infection are ruled out; in addition to acting quickly in order to achieve an adequate treatment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Marcapaso artificial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Endocarditis infecciosa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pseudomonas spp]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Artificial pacemaker]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Infective endocarditis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pseudomonas spp]]></kwd>
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