Clinical and radiological features of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 meningo-encephalitis.

Background And Purpose: This case illustrates for the first time the clinical and radiological evolution of SARS-CoV-2 meningo-encephalitis.

Methods: A case of a SARS-CoV-2 meningo-encephalitis is reported.

Results: A 65-year-old man with COVID-19 presenting with meningo-encephalitis without respiratory involvement is described.

Accuracy of a rapid real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of group B Streptococcus colonization in a cohort of HIV-infected pregnant women.

Objective: There are limited data regarding Xpert performance to detect Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in HIV-infected pregnant women. We evaluated the accuracy of a rapid real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in a cohort of HIV-infected women.

Methods: At 35-37 weeks of pregnancy, a pair of combined rectovaginal swabs were collected for two GBS assays in a cohort of sequentially included HIV-infected women in Rio de Janeiro: (1) culture; and (2) real-time PCR assay [GeneXpert GBS (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA)].