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

  • Authors:
    • Mihaela Balaban
    • Roxana Ioana Nedelcu
    • Gabriela Balmes
    • Teodora Adela Todorovic
    • Alice Brinzea
    • Luciana Nichita
    • Cristiana Gabriela Popp
    • Razvan Theodor Andrei
    • Sabina Andrada Zurac
    • Daniela Adriana Ion
    • Gabriela Turcu
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    Affiliations: Department of Dermatology, Derma 360° Clinic, Bucharest 011273, Romania, Department of Dermatology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest 020125, Romania, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest 020105, Romania, Department of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest 020125, Romania
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Abstract

Bacillary angiomatosis represents a cutaneous and systemic infection caused by Bartonella species, typically described in the past in HIV‑positive patients or associated with immunodeficiencies. More recent case reports had brought into attention the probability that this entity may manifest in otherwise healthy individuals, triggered by trauma and skin burns. The physiopathology of this neoproliferative process is based on the production of angiogenetic molecules, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and IL‑8. In case of an inadequate treatment, the evolution can be fatal, with a systemic dissemination of the abscesses within the gastro‑intestinal tract, respiratory tract, brain and bones. The appropriate therapy is with oral erythromycin and doxycycline, but several treatments such as cephalosporins, penicillins, macrolides, aminoglycosides, rifampin, dapsone, ciprofloxacin, have been tried with favorable results. Herein we present the case of a Caucasian patient, seronegative for HIV, who developed multiple vascular papules and nodules on the face, after a severe trauma and which healed after an adequate antibiotic therapy with oral clarithromycin.
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Balaban M, Nedelcu RI, Balmes G, Todorovic TA, Brinzea A, Nichita L, Popp CG, Andrei RT, Zurac SA, Ion DA, Ion DA, et al: Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report. Exp Ther Med 20: 56-60, 2020.
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Balaban, M., Nedelcu, R.I., Balmes, G., Todorovic, T.A., Brinzea, A., Nichita, L. ... Turcu, G. (2020). Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 20, 56-60. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8260
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Balaban, M., Nedelcu, R. I., Balmes, G., Todorovic, T. A., Brinzea, A., Nichita, L., Popp, C. G., Andrei, R. T., Zurac, S. A., Ion, D. A., Turcu, G."Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20.1 (2020): 56-60.
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Balaban, M., Nedelcu, R. I., Balmes, G., Todorovic, T. A., Brinzea, A., Nichita, L., Popp, C. G., Andrei, R. T., Zurac, S. A., Ion, D. A., Turcu, G."Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20, no. 1 (2020): 56-60. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8260
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Balaban, M., Nedelcu, R.I., Balmes, G., Todorovic, T.A., Brinzea, A., Nichita, L. ... Turcu, G. (2020). Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 20, 56-60. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8260
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Balaban, M., Nedelcu, R. I., Balmes, G., Todorovic, T. A., Brinzea, A., Nichita, L., Popp, C. G., Andrei, R. T., Zurac, S. A., Ion, D. A., Turcu, G."Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20.1 (2020): 56-60.
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Balaban, M., Nedelcu, R. I., Balmes, G., Todorovic, T. A., Brinzea, A., Nichita, L., Popp, C. G., Andrei, R. T., Zurac, S. A., Ion, D. A., Turcu, G."Bacillary angiomatosis triggered by severe trauma in a healthy Caucasian patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20, no. 1 (2020): 56-60. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8260
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