[Streptococcus bovis as an opportunistic pathogen during advanced HIV disease]
Three rare case reports of HIV-related Streptococcus bovis bacteremia are described, and discussed on the basis of a literature review. The association with an advanced immunodeficiency, leukopenia-neutropenia, and liver cirrhosis is underlined as well as the possibility of multiple recurrences and the lack of apparent gastrointestinal lesions as risk factors.
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Manfredi
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Tadolini
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Calza
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Chiodo