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

• 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

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.