BRONCHOPULMONARY BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS

Authors
FOLTZER MA GUINEY WB WAGER GC ALPERN HD
Citation
Ma. Foltzer et al., BRONCHOPULMONARY BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS, Chest, 104(3), 1993, pp. 973-975
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
104
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
973 - 975
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1993)104:3<973:BBA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A man with prior AIDS developed acute febrile interstitial pneumonitis , hilar and paratracheal adenopathy, and bronchial polyps. The polyps were histologically typical for bacillary angiomatosis and complete sy mptomatic and radiographic response to oral clarithromycin was seen. T he clinical presentation of bacillary angiomatosis includes pulmonary disease and in particular bronchial polyps; clarithromycin is an effec tive oral antibiotic.