Bacillary Angiomatosis and Bacteremia due toBartonella quintanain a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Bacillary Angiomatosis and Bacteremia due to Bartonella quintana in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2090-6625,2090-6633
DOI: 10.1155/2013/694765