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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in HIV-Infected Patient - Case Presentation

Volume 1 - Issue 5

Claudia-Elena Pleșca1,2, Carmen Manciuc1,2, Carmen Dorobăț2, Egidia Miftode1,2, Olivia-Simona Dorneanu*1,2, Aida Bădescu1,2and Luminița Smaranda Iancu1

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    • 1“Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania
    • 2“Sf. Parascheva” Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, Iaşi, Romania

    *Corresponding author: Olivia-Simona Dorneanu, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania; “Sf. Parascheva” Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, Iaşi, Romania

Received: September 30, 2017;   Published: October 13, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000436

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Abstract

Due to important structural changes occurring in the immune system exposed to HIV, the risk of sepsis in HIV-positive patients increases proportionally to the duration of this exposure as well as the presence/evolution of other debilitating pathologies. Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the main causes of invasive infections in HIV-infected patients, and the risk of severe pneumococcal disease is several times higher than the general population. We present the case of an invasive pneumococcal disease in a HIV-infected patient with a strain resistant to third generation cephalosporines.

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