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Bacillary angiomatosis: A rare finding in the setting of antiretroviral drugs
Abstract
An HIV-positive 39-year-old man presented with generalised nodular lesions. He was apyrexial and normotensive, with a normal respiratory
rate. The rest of the examination was normal. He had been on antiretroviral therapy for >4 years; most importantly, he was on a second-line
regimen (lopinavir/ritonavir (Aluvia) based). The appearance of the lesions, together with the history, led to the following possible diagnoses:
bacillary angiomatosis, cutaneous cryptococcosis, nodular Kaposi sarcoma or cutaneous histoplasmosis.
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Matamela Chasney Madua, Rob Ferreira Hospital, Nelspruit, South Africa
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Date published: 2015-09-16
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