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Bacillary angiomatosis in a patient with AIDS
1Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
|November 1, 1993
Abstract
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.