*Corresponding author:
Olivia-Simona Dorneanu, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania; “Sf. Parascheva” Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, Iaşi, RomaniaReceived: September 30, 2017; Published: October 13, 2017
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000436
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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.