An HIV patient diagnosed with bacillary angiomatosis is considered to have progressed to full-blown AIDS
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
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.
Angiomatosis is a rare condition presenting with small knots of capillaries in various organs, also known as Von Hippel-Lindau disease.
Both cholera and bacillary dysentery affect the intestines.
People contract HIV first. In time, they will develop AIDS-related diseases such as Kaposi's sarcoma or PCP (pneumocistis carinii pneumonia). Once they have AIDS-related diseases, they are typically diagnosed as having AIDS.
AIDS Related Complex
Shigella is only one of several organisms that can cause dysentery, but the term bacillary dysentery is usually another name for shigellosis.
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AIDS was identified as a disease in 1982. For the history of AIDS, visit the Related Link.
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