An HIV patient diagnosed with bacillary angiomatosis is considered to have progressed to full-blown AIDS

Angiomatosis is a rare condition presenting with small knots of capillaries in various organs, also known as Von Hippel-Lindau disease.

It occurs almost exclusively in patients with AIDS

A life-threatening but curable infection that causes an eruption of purple lesions on or under the skin that resemble Kaposi's sarcoma

Studies suggest that antibiotics may prevent the disease. Patients also should be sure to treat cats for fleas