The identification of overburdened caregivers and those at risk of long-term bereavement maladjustment may facilitate the programming of ad hoc interventions that could reduce inherent health and social costs. Palliative care teams can usefully include someone to identify such caregivers by means of inexpensive and objectively predictive instruments.

A patient suffering from brucellosis developed maculonodular and purpuric lesions. The skin biopsy showed granulomatous vasculitis with no deposition of immunoglobulins and complement on the vessels.