Abstract
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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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