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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0123-9392</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Infectio]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Infect.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0123-9392</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Infectología.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0123-93922011000300009</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Meningitis sifilítica aguda]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Acute syphilitic meningitis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Riveros]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Efraín]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A01"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Manrique-Abril]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fred]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A02"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bustamante]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A03"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Boyacá Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo Programa de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tunja ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Boyacá Grupo de Investigación HYGEA Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tunja ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A03">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Boyacá Clínica de los Andes, Tunja ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tunja ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2011</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2011</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>198</fpage>
<lpage>201</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0123-93922011000300009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0123-93922011000300009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0123-93922011000300009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Se trata de un paciente de 28 años de sexo femenino, que presentó un cuadro clínico rápidamente progresivo de cambios en el comportamiento y deterioro del estado de conciencia. Ingresó con puntaje de Glasgow de 8/15 y requirió intubación traqueal. Tenía respuesta plantar extensora bilateral, pupila izquierda midriática de 5 mm, sin respuesta a la luz, ptosis palpebral del mismo lado y nistagmo con componente rápido hacia la izquierda. El contenido de proteínas del líquido cefalorraquídeo fue de 0,86 g/l con pleocitosis moderada de predominio linfocitario. Tres semanas antes del ingreso, presentó parto vaginal eutócico; no tuvo control prenatal durante el embarazo. En el recién nacido se demostró serología reactiva para sífilis y FTA-ABS positivo. La paciente también fue hallada reactiva para serología de sífilis en el líquido cefalorraquídeo, con diagnóstico de meningitis sifilítica aguda. La prueba ELISA para VIH fue negativa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[A 28 year-old woman presented with a rapidly progressive clinical picture of behavioral changes and altered level of consciousness. She was admitted with Glasgow Coma Score 8/15, 5 mm dilated non-reactive left pupil, right ptosis and nystagmus with left lateral gaze. Protein content at cerebrospinal fluid was 0,86 g/L with pleocytosis. Three weeks earlier, the patient underwent vaginal delivery of a pregnancy without prenatal care, and the newborn was found to be reactive to syphilis serology and positive on FTA-ABS test. The patient was found positive as well for syphilis on serologic tests for syphilis, corresponding yhe picture to neurosyphilis.HIV testing was negative in the patient.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sifilítica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sífilis congénita]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[líquido cefalorraquídeo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[periodo posparto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[acute syphilitic meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pospartum period]]></kwd>
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