Severe course of Lyme neuroborreliosis in an HIV-1 positive patient; case report and review of the literature

Background Lyme Neuroborreliosis (LNB) in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patient is a rare co-infection and has only been reported four times in literature. No case of an HIV patient with a meningoencephalitis due to LNB in combination with HIV has been described to date.