Table 1.

Blood and cerebrospinal fluid tests.

Sample	Examinations	Result
CSF	General bacteriology	Negative No growth of aerobic or anaerobic microorganisms
	data	data
CSF	Mycobacteria	Negative Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: negative
CSF	Syphilis	Negative Treponema pallidum antibodies negative
CSF	Borrelia	Negative Borrelia burgdorferi IgG & IgM antibody ELISA: negative
CSF	Listeria monocytogenes	Negative
CSF	Molecular Biological Diagnostics (16S rRNA gene PCR)	Negative No evidence of bacterial DNA
CSF	Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae/Chlamydia pneumoniae	Negative Multiplex PCR: negative
CSF	Zygomycetes	Negative Zygomycetes: negative
CSF	Cryptococcus mycosis	Negative Cryptococcus mycosis: negative
CSF	Molecular Biological Diagnostics of mycotic DNA (18S rRNA gene PCR)	Negative No evidence of mycotic DNA
Blood	General bacteriology (Aerobic and anaerobic blood cultures)	Negative No growth of bacteria and sprout fungi
Blood	Tuberculosis Quantiferon Set	Positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold
Blood	Zygomycetes Diagnosis of Brucellosis	Negative No serological evidence of infection
Blood	Beta-d-Glucan for Diagnosis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia	Negative No indication of an invasive mycosis or pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii