Bacillary angiomatosis in a renal transplant recipient.

Abstract

A case of bacillary angiomatosis infection presenting as a skin nodule in a renal transplant recipient was found. The patient was taking cyclosporine, prednisone, and mycophenolate mofetil at the time of presentation. The bacillary angiomatosis responded to 6 months of therapy with oral erythromycin.

• Authors: M S Cline, O W Cummings, M Goldman, R S Filo, M D Pescovitz
• Journal: Transplantation (Transplantation) Vol. 67 Issue 2 Pg. 296-8 (Jan 27 1999) ISSN: 0041-1337 [Print] United States
• PMID: 10075597 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Immunosuppressive Agents
• Erythromycin
• Cyclosporine
• Mycophenolic Acid
• Prednisone

Topics

• Adult
• Angiomatosis, Bacillary (drug therapy, etiology, pathology)
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Cyclosporine (therapeutic use)
• Erythromycin (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Immunosuppressive Agents (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Kidney Transplantation
• Male
• Mycophenolic Acid (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
• Prednisone (therapeutic use)
• Skin (pathology)