Abstract

MADUA, M C. Bacillary angiomatosis: A rare finding in the setting of antiretroviral drugs. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. [online]. 2015, vol.105, n.10, pp.875-875. ISSN 2078-5135.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJNEW.8766.

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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