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<journal-id>1726-8958</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica La Paz]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Méd. La Paz]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1726-8958</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Médico de La Paz]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1726-89582025000200085</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[DIVERTÍCULO URACAL INFECTADO COMO CAUSA DE INFECCIÓN URINARIA RECURRENTE: A PROPÓSITO DE UN CASO]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[INFECTED URACHAL DIVERTICULUM AS A CAUSE OF RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION: ON PURPOSE OF A CASE REPORT]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Caba Pardo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karen Daniela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quiroga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rolando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Unidad Médica UNIMED  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Paz ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Caja Petrolera  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>31</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>85</fpage>
<lpage>89</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1726-89582025000200085&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1726-89582025000200085&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1726-89582025000200085&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Presentamos el caso de un divertículo de uraco infectado en una paciente de 68 años que acude por infecciones urinarias recurrentes, y resistentes, sometida a varios esquemas de antibioticoterapia que obligó a hacer diversos estudios de laboratorio e imagen iniciados por ultrasonografía, hasta tomografía, donde se encontró un divertículo uracal infectado cuya exéresis resultó en la resolución y cese de las infecciones urinarias. Las enfermedades del remanente uracal son poco frecuentes y se dividen en 4 tipos de acuerdo con su involución y longitud; comprenden entre 1.5-3% de las patologías uracales y suelen ser hallazgos incidentales, excepto en casos de complicación como litos, adenocarcinoma o infecciones urinarias recurrentes por estasis, las cuales obligan a hacer estudios de ultrasonido o tomografía que son finalmente diagnosticas para poder realizar un correcto tratamiento.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT We present the case of an infected urachal diverticulum in a 68-year-old patient who presented with recurrent urinary infections, resistant to treatment, which required various laboratory and imaging studies, where an infected urachal diverticulum was found. with subsequent excision and success in the treatment of the urinary infection. In this way, i carried out the review on the association of these pathologies. Diseases of the urachal remnant are rare, they are divided into 4 types according to their involution and length, the urachal diverticulum comprises between 1.5-3% of urachal pathologies and are usually incidental findings, except in cases of complications such as stones., adenocarcinoma or recurrent urinary infections, which require ultrasound or tomography studies which give us the diagnosis, in order to carry out a correct treatment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Divertículo uracal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infección urinaria recurrente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[anomalías congénitas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Urachal diverticulum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[recurrent urinary infection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[congenital anomalies]]></kwd>
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