BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS BY Bartonella quintana IN A HIV-INFECTED PATIENT
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Bacillary angiomatosis by Bartonella quintana in an HIV-infected patient.
Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis are opportunistic infections caused by Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana, which occur in patients with late-stage infection. We report a case of bacillary angiomatosis in an HIV-infected patient with skin, bone, and probably liver involvement, The identification of the agent (B quintana ) was done by polymerase chain reaction in the skin s...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Dermatopathology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0193-1091
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199812000-00037