Leukocytoclastic vasculitis after pneumococcal pneumonia in an elderly adult

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 487-490

  Nakamura, Shigeki ^a,b   Yanagihara, Katsunori ^b   Izumikawa, Koichi ^b   Seki, Masafumi ^b   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^b   Hirakata, Yoichi ^b   Soejima, Yoshifumi ^a,b   Mizuta, Yohei ^b   Kohno, Shigeru ^b  

^a Ureshino Medical Center   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Henoch Sch nlein purpura; Hypersensitivity vasculitis; Pneumococcal pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MEROPENEM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REST; SKIN BIOPSY; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 34247392008     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6295     Document Type: Article

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