Actualités dans les infections invasives à pneumocoque chez le patient infecté par le VIH

Despite a higher incidence, the epidemiology, serotype distribution, antibiotic resistance rates and prognosis of IPD in HIV-infected patients tend to get closer to those of the general population. Vaccination by the recommended polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine should be more implemented while the use of the conjugate vaccine needs to be clarified.