Rickettsialpox in a patient with HIV infection.
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.
Sanders
Scott
S
Department of Dermatology, Cornell University Weill Medical Center and Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY, USA.
Di Costanzo
Damian
D
Leach
James
J
Levy
Howard
H
Srinivasan
Krishna
K
Zaki
Sherif R
SR
Comer
James A
JA
Paddock
Christopher D
CD
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline