[Streptococcus bovis as an opportunistic pathogen during advanced HIV disease]

Infez Med. 1999;7(3):187-191.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

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.