Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-positive cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis due to scrub typhus

Suman Suryanarayana Karanth; Krishna Chaitanya Marupudi; Anurag Gupta; Mukhyaprana Prabhu

doi:10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60793-3

Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-positive cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis due to scrub typhus

Suman Suryanarayana Karanth^*
, Krishna Chaitanya Marupudi
, Anurag Gupta
, Mukhyaprana Prabhu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Leucocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is a small-vessel vasculitis affecting the postcapillary venules presenting as papules, purpura and maculopapular rash, occurring as a primary disorder or secondary to malignancies, drugs, infections and connective tissue diseases. The causative agents implicated are Streptococcus spp., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium lepromatosis, and viruses, e.g., hepatitis, influenza and HIV. Scrub typhus has rarely been associated with LCV. We reported a rare case of anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-positive LCV due to scrub typhus in a 56 year old male who presented with fever and purpuric lesions and was successfully treated with oral steroids.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	334-336
Number of pages	3
Journal	Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60793-3
Publication status	Published - 01-01-2015

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