title: Bone bacillary angiomatosis in an HIV-infected patient.
abstract: Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is a recently discovered multisystem bacterial infectious disease seen in the setting of immune suppression due to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A case of an HIV-infected patient with osteolytic bone involvement is reported.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Section, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olivé
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tena
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raventos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romeu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lorenzo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ojanguren
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed