title: [Bacillary angiomatosis].
abstract: Bacillary angiomatosis is an unusual infectious disease, with angioproliferative lesions, typical of immunocompromised patients. It is caused by Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae, two infectious agents of the genus Bartonella, which trigger variable clinical manifestations, including cutaneous vascular and purpuric lesions, and regional lymphadenopathy, and even a systemic disease with visceral involvement. We report a 38-year-old HIV positive male presenting with a history of six months of cutaneous growing purple angiomatous lesions, located also in nasal fossae, rhi-nopharynx and larynx. The skin biopsy was compatible with bacillary angiomatosis. Polymerase chain reaction of a tissue sample showed homology with B. quintana strain Toulouse. The patient was treated with azithromycin and ciprofloxacin with a favorable evolution.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Dermatología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. puribeg@med.puc.cl
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Uribe
authors.forename: M Elvira
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Balcells
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giesen
authors.forename: Consuelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018413:Bartonella quintana; D001706:Biopsy; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D017963:Azithromycin