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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0122-0667</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica de Risaralda]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Revista médica Risaralda]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0122-0667</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0122-06672021000200153</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Fiebre de malta: Reporte de caso.]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Malta fever: Clinical case.]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rozo Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edward Jassir]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barón Barón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier Orlando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniela Rocío]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ledmar Jovanny]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital San Rafael de Tunja Departamento de medicina interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de ciencias de la salud  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tunja ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</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>27</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>153</fpage>
<lpage>160</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0122-06672021000200153&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0122-06672021000200153&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0122-06672021000200153&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: La fiebre de malta (brucelosis) es una infección zoonótica producida por cocobacilos gramnegativos, intracelulares facultativos, los cuales se transmiten por el consumo de productos animales no pasteurizados infectados, el contacto de la piel o las membranas mucosas con tejido animal infectado, fluidos animales infectados e inhalación de partículas aerosolizadas infectadas.  Caso:  Hombre de 34 años residente en zona rural, quien se dedicaba a la ganadería, ingreso a urgencias por presentar cuadro clínico de 15 días de evolución consistente en picos febriles no cuantificados asociados a escalofríos, astenia, adinamia y mialgias. Mediante la correlacio&#769;n cli&#769;nico-patolo&#769;gica se llego&#769; al diagno&#769;stico de infección por Brucella Abortus.  Conclusión : Esta patología es más frecuente en varones adultos. Dentro del cuadro clínico, Los estudios de serológicos (anticuerpos, aglutinación y ensayo inmunocromatográfico) tienen la mayor sensibilidad y especificidad diagnostica. El tratamiento se da con medicamentos que actúen en entornos intracelulares ácidos (tetraciclinas, aminoglucosidos, fluoroquinolonas), esto con el fin de controlar la enfermedad, prevenir las complicaciones y evitar las recaídas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction:  Malta fever (brucellosis) is a zoonotic infection produced by intracellular gram-negative coccobacilli, which is transmitted by the consumption of infected unpasteurized animal products, skin contact or mucous membranes with infected animal tissues and fluids, and inhalation of infected aerosolized particles.  Case:  A 34-year-old man living in a rural area, who works in livestock, was admitted to the emergency department for presenting a clinical picture of 15 days of evolution of unquantified febrile peaks associated with symptoms such as chills, asthenia, adynamia and myalgia. The diagnosis of infection with Brucella Abortus was given through clinical-pathological correlation.  Conclusion:  This pathology is more frequent in adult males. Serological studies (antibodies, agglutination and immunochromatographic assay) prove to have the highest sensitivity and diagnostic specificity in the clinical picture. The treatment is given with medication that acts on intracellular acidic environment (tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones), this in order to control the disease, and prevent complications and relapses.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Brucelosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fiebre de Malta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fiebre ondulante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Brucella]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fiebre (DeCS)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brucellosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Malta Fever]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brucella]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fever (MeSH)]]></kwd>
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