We present a case of bacteremia and septic arthritis due to Streptococcus bovis biotype I after shock, in a patient with liver cirrhosis of enolic etiology. Diagnosis was made based on a clinical setting of fever and a painful shoulder. The presence of colonic neoplasia was ruled out in this patient and the bacteremia developed without endocarditis.

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