title: Rickettsialpox in a patient with HIV infection.
abstract: We describe the first case of rickettsialpox in a patient infected with HIV. Immunohistochemical staining of biopsied lesions showed a relatively large number of rickettsiae within the papulovesicular rash. Rickettsialpox is easily treated and may resemble more serious cutaneous eruptions in patients infected with HIV. This diagnosis should be considered in immunocompromised city-dwellers, with fever and a papulovesicular rash.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Cornell University Weill Medical Center and Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Costanzo
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leach
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Krishna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Sherif R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Comer
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Paddock
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008875:Middle Aged; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline