Bacillary angiomatosis in HIV-positive patient from Northeastern Brazil: a case report
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Bacillary angiomatosis in HIV-positive patient from Northeastern Brazil: a case report.
It is a report of disseminated bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in a 23-year-old female patient, who is HIV-positive and with fever, weight loss, hepatomegaly, ascites, and papular-nodular skin lesions. The clinical and diagnostic aspects involved in the case were discussed. Bacillary angiomatosis must always be considered in the diagnosis of febrile cutaneous manifestations in AIDS.
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822011000500025