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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>S0123-93922017000100065</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22354/in.v21i1.644</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Amoxicilina como posible causante de meningitis aséptica: presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Amoxicillin as possible cause of aseptic meningitis: a case report and literature review]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Padilla Garrido]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Jacobo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tejada Marín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Wilmar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vélez Londoño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Diego]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Goez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Clínica Valle del Lili  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cali ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>65</fpage>
<lpage>68</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0123-93922017000100065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0123-93922017000100065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0123-93922017000100065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 71 años, quien desarrolló cefalea en 2 ocasiones relacionada con la exposición a amoxicilina. Se documentó mediante punción lumbar una inflamación linfocítica con cultivos negativos; por tanto, se enfocó como meningitis aséptica y en el contexto clínico de posible origen medicamentoso. Este se ha considerado un diagnóstico de exclusión. Los hallazgos a nivel del líquido cefalorraquídeo son variables; los síntomas y signos de irritación meníngea son menos predominantes. Es importante tener presente este diagnóstico diferencial al haber descartado otras etiologías. Suspender el medicamento sospechoso y realizar un seguimiento estricto del paciente puede evitar que sea abordado mediante procedimientos diagnósticos y tratamientos infructuosos y, en algunos casos, perjudiciales. Dado que es un medicamento de uso frecuente y para múltiples indicaciones, es importante tener presente este efecto colateral.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract We present the case of a 71 year-old patient who developed headaches on 2 related occasions upon exposure to amoxicillin. Lumbar puncture revealed lymphocytic inflammation with negative cultures, so the focus was aseptic meningitis in the clinical context of possible drug-induced events. This diagnosis was made by exclusion, and the findings in terms of cerebrospinal fluid were variable; symptoms and signs of meningeal irritation were less prevalent. It is important to consider this differential diagnosis when other etiologies have been ruled out. Stopping the suspected medication and monitoring the patient closely can prevent unnecessary diagnostic procedures and possibly harmful treatments. Since amoxicillin is a commonly used drug for multiple indications, it is important to keep this collateral effect in mind.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Meningitis aséptica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Antibióticos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Amoxicilina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Aseptic meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Antibiotics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Amoxicillin]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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