Bacillary angiomatosis in an immunocompetent child with a grafted traumatic wound.
Bacillary angiomatosis is an infectious disease which usually develops in immunocompromised patients. Contact with cats is implicated in its pathogenesis. We report a seven-year-old immunocompetent boy with bacillary angiomatosis without a history of direct contact with cats. The clinical diagnosis of bacillary angiomatosis was made following histopathological examination of a biopsy sample from the infected facial wound, in the vicinity of which angiomatous lesions had developed. Surprisingly, similar lesions also appeared at the donor site of the skin graft which was grafted on the facial wound. This case demonstrates that bacillary angiomatosis may also be seen in immunocompetent patients and that it may contaminate wounds without the intermediary of cats.
Turgut
Mehmet
M
Cukurova University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, Adana, Turkey.
Alabaz
Derya
D
Karakaş
Mehmet
M
Kavak
Meric
M
Aksaray
Necmi
N
Alhan
Emre
E
Cevlik
Filiz
F
Tuncer
Ilhan
I
D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents