title: An unusual case of Streptococcus agalactiae meningitis in a patient with sys-temic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Streptococcus agalactiae(group B Streptococcus) is a major cause of sepsis and meningitis in neonates and an important cause of invasive disease in adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe an unusual case of fatal bacterial meningitis caused byStreptococcus agalactiaein a young man suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus for over 20 years. The young man was transferred intubated in AHEPA University Hospital in a coma; twenty-four hours upon arrival and despite intense invasive treatment, he died from multiple organ failure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The risk of serious infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus even under treatment with moderate doses of corticosteroids is high. Hippokratia 2015; 19 (4):372-373.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Protonotariou
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arampatzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ourailoglou
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diza
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Skoura
keywords: Streptococcus agalactiae; immunocompromised patient; meningitis; systemic lupus erythematosus