HIV co-infection, CD4+/CD8+ T-cell counts less than 1, cranial nerve impairment, paralysis, cerebral infarction, PRO less than 450 mg/L, WBC less than 10 × 106 /L, and CL more than 120 mmol/L were risk factors for TBM cases with mixed intracranial infections. The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is meningeal tuberculosis.