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.

A 29-year-old man presented with generalized, painless, erythematous lesions and fever. The patient had recently been diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. His CD4 T-cell count at presentation was 14 cells/ mm, and he had been started on antiretroviral therapy 15 days before onset of disease. The patient reported illicit drug use and alcohol consumption and had regular co...

Bacillary angiomatosis and parenchymal bacillary peliosis are recently described vascular disorders associated with infection by Rochalimaea henselae and Rochalimaea quintana, which occur in patients with either human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or druginduced immune suppression (1-5). In addition, R. henselae and R. quintana (also the agent of trench fever) are both members of the f...

Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is a rare condition that usually affects immunosuppressed patients. It is a vascular proliferative disorder due to Bartonella henselae or B. quintana. We present here an immunocompetent patient with BA. There was no history of the patient direct or indirect contact with cats.

A man with AIDS presented with a deep soft-tissue mass involving the right thigh. Biopsy of a skin lesion on the back and culture of a specimen from this lesion showed bacillary angiomatosis due to Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) quintana. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large heterogeneous mass involving the vastus medialis and intermedius muscles. Therapy with erythromycin caused rapi...

We present a 63-year-old man treated with alemtuzumab for chronic lymphocytic leukemia who developed multiple angiomatous papules and fever. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from a skin lesion and blood sample revealed Bartonella quintana as causative agent confirming the diagnosis of bacillary angiomatosis with bacteremia. Treatment with doxycycline, initially in combination with g...

Cat-scratch disease (CSD) was first described by Debré in 1950, yet the causative bacterial agent of CSD remained obscure until 1992, when Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) henselae was implicated in CSD by serological and microbiological studies. B. henselae had initially been linked to bacillary angiomatosis (BA), a vascular proliferative disease most commonly associated with long-standing hu...

Bacillary angiomatosis is an infection determined by Bartonella henselae and B. quintana, rare and prevalent in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We describe a case of a patient with AIDS and TCD4+ cells equal to 9/mm3, showing reddish-violet papular and nodular lesions, disseminated over the skin, most on the back of the right hand and third finger, with osteolysis of the dista...

a Immunodeficiency Clinic, Karl Bremer Hospital, Room 12, Outpatient building, Bellville, 7530, South Africa b Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and Epidemiology for Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Division of Dermatology, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Hospital, Parow, South Africa Division of Anatomical ...

Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is a rare but an infrequent opportunistic infection reported mostly in HIV-infected patients. The most common site of involvement the skin manifestation followed by solid organs like liver and bone. Although cutaneous manifestations are treatable, other can be fatal some cases. We report case isolated osteolytic lesion due to (BA). conclude that should suspected scre...