Bacillary angiomatosis in a patient with AIDS.

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.