Cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Refractory Bartonella quintana bacillary angiomatosis following chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

“…There are three case reports of bacillary angiomatosis in CLL. All cases had complete resolution of skin lesions with oral treatment: 4 weeks of clarithromycin (Milde et al, 1995), 6 weeks of erythromycin (Török et al, 1994) and 6 weeks of doxycycline (Petersen et al, 2008). Our case differs from the above series with inadequate response to standard first-line treatment, the need for intravenous antibiotics, the presence of multifocal disease, and the extended duration of antimicrobials required for complete clinical response.…”

Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report

“…Bacillary angiomatosis was first described several decades before in HIV-positive patients (13) as an opportunistic infection, but it may also occur in the context of other conditions that may impair the immune status, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (11,14,15), chemotherapy (16), systemic corticotherapy (17), solid organ transplantation (18)(19)(20), hepatitis B infection (3). Nevertheless, immunocompetent patients can be affected by this cutaneous disorder (6,17,(21)(22)(23)(24).…”

Bacillary angiomatosis in immunocompetent patient with atypical manifestations

“…It is also rarely encountered in patients with other immunocompromising conditions and even in immunocompetent people. [ 2 ] The skin lesions are reddish or brown papules usually in large numbers that resemble Kaposi's sarcoma. There are only a few case reports about BA in immunocompetent individuals.…”