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Currently registration of community-acquired pneumonia and purulent meningitis caused by S. rneumoniae patients in HIV-positive patientsis is not carried out, there is absent the description of the clinical symptom complex. In this regard, the purpose of the work was the detection of the features of the course of pneumococcal infection with the lesion of the respiratory and nervous systems in HIV infection. A clinical and laboratory examination of 110 HIV-positive patients with community-acquired bacterialpneumonias andpurulent meningitises was performed. Community-acquiredpneumonia fulminates with the massive damage of the lung tissue, the presence ofpleural effusion, the early development of respiratory failure, decreased SaO2