Bacillary angiomatosis in HIV-positive patient from Northeastern Brazil: a case report

It is a report of disseminated bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in a 23-year-old female patient, who is HIV-positive and with fever, weight loss, hepatomegaly, ascites, and papular-nodular skin lesions. The clinical and diagnostic aspects involved in the case were discussed. Bacillary angiomatosis must a...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Renata Félix da Justa, Adriana Banhos Carneiro, Jorge Luiz Nobre Rodrigues, Andréia Cavalcante, Evelyne Santana Girão, Paulo Sergio Silva, José Telmo Valença Júnior, Dalgimar Beserra de Menezes, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
Subjects:
Angiomatose
AIDS
Bartonella
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000500025
https://doaj.org/article/15ef297eb42c4e40bbc8c69b0a341f2f
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Summary:It is a report of disseminated bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in a 23-year-old female patient, who is HIV-positive and with fever, weight loss, hepatomegaly, ascites, and papular-nodular skin lesions. The clinical and diagnostic aspects involved in the case were discussed. Bacillary angiomatosis must always be considered in the diagnosis of febrile cutaneous manifestations in AIDS.

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