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<journal-id>2565-005X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Gaceta mexicana de oncología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Gac. mex. oncol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2565-005X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Oncología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2565-005X2023000500128</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/j.gamo.23000001</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Choque séptico por Actinomyces turicensis, asociado a cáncer de cérvix. Reporte de caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Septic shock due to Actinomyces turicensis, associated with cervical cancer. Case report]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Unigarro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Marín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karina]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Alvear]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salgado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Johana]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Basantes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Emérita]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Oncológico SOLCA Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Internacional (UIDE) Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y Vida ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Oncológico SOLCA Unidad de Microbiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<fpage>128</fpage>
<lpage>132</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2565-005X2023000500128&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2565-005X2023000500128&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2565-005X2023000500128&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las infecciones siguen siendo una importante causa de morbimortalidad en los pacientes oncológicos, ocasionando retraso en la continuidad del tratamiento y aumentando los costos en salud. Pueden ser producidas por gérmenes que ganan acceso a sitios estériles a través de las barreras epiteliales alteradas por la quimioterapia y la inmunosupresión; con una mortalidad que varía entre el 14 y 42% según diferentes estudios. Algunos microorganismos, no patógenos en otras condiciones, se convierten en patógenos, desencadenando bacteriemias y disfunción multiorgánica severa, como es el caso que presentamos a continuación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Infections continue to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients, causing delays in the continuity of treatment and increasing healthcare costs. They can be caused by germs that gain access to sterile areas through epithelial barriers that are altered by chemotherapy and immunosuppression; with a mortality that varies between 14 and 42% according to different studies. Some non-pathogenic microorganisms, in other conditions, become pathogenic, triggering bacteremia and severe multiorgan dysfunction, as is the case presented below.]]></p></abstract>
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