BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS
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Bacillary angiomatosis is a re-emerging
bacterial infection that is identical or closely related to one
which commonly afflicted thousands of soldiers during World War I.
Today, the disease, caused by two versions of the same bacteria, is
linked to homeless AIDS patients and to those afflicted with cat-scratch
disease.
The infection is rarely seen today in patients who don't have HIV.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), an HIV patient diagnosed with bacillary angiomatosis is
considered to have progressed to full-blown AIDS. |
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