TY - JOUR
T1 - Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-positive cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis due to scrub typhus
AU - Karanth, Suman Suryanarayana
AU - Marupudi, Krishna Chaitanya
AU - Gupta, Anurag
AU - Prabhu, Mukhyaprana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Asian Pacific Tropical Medicine Press.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84923170125
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U2 - 10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60793-3
DO - 10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60793-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84923170125
SN - 2222-1808
VL - 5
SP - 334
EP - 336
JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
IS - 4
ER -
