A 42 year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a history of fever and poor general status for the last 30 days. She presented tachycardia and a systolic apical murmur. Laboratory tests revealed leukocytosis of 13,100/mL, hemoglobin of 8.4g/dL and positive systemic lupus erythematosus antibodies (anti-Ro/SSA, anti-La/SSB, anticardiolipin, and antinuclear antibodies); blood culture was pos...

Case report We present a man, 56 years, admitted in our department for tuberculous (TB) meningoencephalitis (history of pulmonary tuberculosis, symptoms: fever, dizziness, sleepy, difficulty in speaking and walking; in the CSF proteins=62.1 mg/dL, 17 lymphocytes/cmm, chest X-ray: nodular opacity in the upper left lobe, reticulo-nodular image bilaterally, pneumologist consult: pulmonary tubercul...