Is Bartonella sp. infection relevant in hematological malignancies in HIV-negative patients? A literature review [PDF]
Leukemia Research ReportsBartonelloses are diseases caused by Bartonella sp., transmitted to humans by blood sucking arthropod vectors. Clinical presentations include bacillary angiomatosis, cat scratch disease and atypical forms.
Elisa Nunes Secamilli +5 more
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A systematic review on antibiotic therapy of cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis not related to major immunocompromising conditions: from pathogenesis to treatment [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis (cBA) is a vascular proliferative disorder due to Bartonella spp. that mostly affects people living with HIV (PLWH), transplanted patients and those taking immunosuppressive drugs.
Salvatore Rotundo +9 more
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Bacillary angiomatosis in HIV-positive patient from Northeastern Brazil: a case report [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011 It is a report of disseminated bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in a 23-year-old female patient, who is HIV-positive and with fever, weight loss, hepatomegaly, ascites, and papular-nodular skin lesions. The clinical and diagnostic aspects involved in the case
Renata Félix da Justa +8 more
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Cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis in the setting of immunosuppression: A rare case in a heart transplant recipient [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsBacillary angiomatosis is a rare, opportunistic infection caused by Bartonella spp . In the skin, neovascular proliferation results in erythematous and violaceous papules and nodules.
Chloe Devoy +2 more
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Bacillary Angiomatosis and Bacteremia due to Bartonella quintana in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2013 We present a 63-year-old man treated with alemtuzumab for chronic lymphocytic leukemia who developed multiple angiomatous papules and fever. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from a skin lesion and blood sample revealed Bartonella quintana as ...
Rosamaria Fulchini +2 more
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Nail the diagnosis: Lamivudine-induced periungual pyogenic granulomas in PLHIV [PDF]
IDCasesBackground: Pyogenic granuloma (PG), also known as lobular capillary haemangioma, is a benign vascular proliferation that typically presents as friable, red, pedunculated papules on the skin or mucous membranes. Multiple periungual pyogenic granulomas, a
Karthick Kumar Vaitheeswaran +4 more
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Cutaneous Bacillary Angiomatosis: A Rare and Forgotten Infection in Immunocompromised Patient [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of MedicineThis case describes a 50-year-old kidney transplant recipient with subacute development of erythematous-to-violaceous skin lesions on the face, trunk, and extremities, accompanied by malaise, myalgia, and arthralgia.
Yamen Homsi, Emily Milam, Nour Dayoub
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1995 The search for the infectious agents responsible for cat-scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and related syndromes has a long and often circuitous history.
Russell Regnery, Jordan W. Tappero
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Disseminated Bartonellosis Masquerading as Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Nephrology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Background Although Bartonella henselae is primarily known for causing self‐limiting cat scratch disease in immunocompetent individuals, it can also lead to severe disseminated infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Case Presentation We present a rare case of disseminated B.
Tim Debyser +7 more
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Bacillary Angiomatosis in a Patient With HIV and Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection [PDF]
CureusBartonella is a genus of arthropod-borne bacterial pathogens that typically cause persistent infections of erythrocytes and endothelial cells in mammalian hosts.
Jalali, Omid +4 more
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