Cocaine-associated retiform purpura and neutropenia: Is levamisole the culprit?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 530-535

  Waller, Jeanette M ^a   Feramisco, Jamison D ^a   Alberta Wszolek, Lauren ^b   McCalmont, Timothy H ^a   Fox, Lindy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; COCAINE; HEPARIN; LEVAMISOLE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; OPIATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COCAINE ASSOCIATED RETIFORM PURPURA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEUTROPENIA; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SKIN BIOPSY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TACHYCARDIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEVAMISOLE; NEUTROPENIA; PURPURA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955919530     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.01.055     Document Type: Article

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