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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1561-3194</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Ciencias Médicas]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3194</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1561-31942022000400005</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Infecciones en pacientes con inmunodeficiencias primarias en Pinar del Río]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Infections in patients with primary immunodeficiencies in Pinar del Rio]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Lugo-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orraca-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Odalys]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miló-Valdés]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Alfredo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barreras-Sixto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Valdés-Lanza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Liana]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Peláez-Yáñez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Alexis]]></given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Pepe Portilla ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-31942022000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-31942022000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-31942022000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  los errores innatos de la inmunidad son trastornos cuya causa es un defecto genético en uno o más componentes del sistema inmune. A pesar de que la forma de presentación varía según el defecto genético, la mayoría cursa con enfermedades infecciosas que presentan características de recurrencia y persistencia.  Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de los procesos infecciosos en los pacientes registrados con diagnóstico de Inmunodeficiencia Primaria en el Servicio de Inmunología del Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Docente &#8220;Pepe Portilla&#8221; de Pinar del Río, en el periodo comprendido de 1994 a marzo de 2021.  Métodos: estudio transversal descriptivo. Se analizaron los registros médicos de 125 pacientes diagnosticados de inmunodeficiencias que aparecen registrados en la Base de Datos del Servicio de Inmunología del Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Docente &#8220;Pepe Portilla&#8221; de Pinar del Río.  Resultados: el 85,6 % de pacientes presentaron diagnóstico de algún déficit predominante de anticuerpos. Predominó el sexo masculino, y el rango etario de 6 a 10 años. Las infecciones de mayor presencia fueron la faringoamigdalitis aguda catarral (77,6 %), seguido de la neumonía (58,4 %) y la amigdalitis (56 %). De los signos de alarma que se relacionan con infecciones solo cuatro se encontraron en los pacientes del registro.  Conclusión: la susceptibilidad a infecciones no es necesariamente el rasgo clínico preponderante en las inmunodeficiencias primarias, pero el fenotipo infeccioso es el mejor indicador sugestivo para algún defecto de la inmunidad. Aunque es necesario plantear nuevos criterios de manifestaciones infecciosas que faciliten el diagnóstico probable de inmunodeficiencia de forma general y por grupos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  inborn errors of immunity are disorders whose cause is a genetic defect in one or more components of the immune system. Although the form of presentation varies according to the genetic defect, most of them present infectious diseases with recurrent and persistent characteristics.  Objective:  to determine the prevalence of infectious processes in patients registered with diagnosis of Primary Immunodeficiency in the Immunology Service at Pepe Portilla Provincial Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Pinar del Rio in the period from 1994 to March 2021.  Methods:  descriptive, cross-sectional study. The medical records of 125 patients diagnosed with immunodeficiencies registered in the database of the Immunology Service at Pepe Portilla Provincial Pediatric Teaching Hospital of Pinar del Rio were analyzed.  Results:  the 85,6 % of patients presented diagnosis of some predominant antibody deficit. The predominant sex was male and the age range was from 6 to 10 years old. The most frequent infections were acute catarrhal pharyngotonsillitis (77,6 %), followed by pneumonia (58,4 %) and tonsillitis (56 %). Of the alarm signs related to infections only 4 were found in the patients in the registry.  Conclusions:  susceptibility to infections is not necessarily the predominant clinical feature in primary immunodeficiencies, but the infectious phenotype is still the best suggestive indicator for a defect in immunity. Although it is necessary to propose new criteria for infectious manifestations that facilitate the probable diagnosis of immunodeficiency in general and by groups.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[DIAGNOSTICO]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[INMUNODEFICIENCIAS PRIMARIAS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ERRORES INNATOS DE LA INMUNIDAD]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[INBORN ERRORS OF IMMUNITY]]></kwd>
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