An HIV patient diagnosed with bacillary angiomatosis is
considered to have progressed to full-blown AIDS
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It occurs almost exclusively in patients with AIDS
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A life-threatening but curable infection that causes an eruption
of purple lesions on or under the skin that resemble Kaposi's
sarcoma
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Studies suggest that antibiotics may prevent the disease.
Patients also should be sure to treat cats for fleas
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The Bartonella genus includes at least 11 bacteria species, four
of which cause human diseases, including cat-scratch disease and
bacillary angiomatosis. However, bartonellosis refers exclusively
to the disease caused by B. bacilliformis.