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OBJECTIVE:

To report the clinical presentation and response to antimicrobial therapy of presumed bacillary angiomatosis in an AIDS patient.

DESIGN:

Single case report.

SETTING:

A 1058-bed, university teaching hospital.

PATIENT:

28-year-old HIV-positive man (T₄ lymphocyte count <3/mm³), who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984.

RESULTS:

The skin lesions responded promptly to treatment with doxycycline and erythromycin.

CONCLUSIONS:

Bacillary angiomatosis is an infection that occurs with endstage AIDS. Skin lesions have recognizable characteristics and respond promptly to appropriate antibiotic therapy.

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Bacillary Angiomatosis in a Patient with AIDS

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