Levamisole induced necrosis of the skin and neutropenia following intranasal cocaine use: A newly recognized syndrome

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1204-1207

  Mouzakis, John ^a   Somboonwit, Charurut ^a   Lakshmi, Seetha ^b   Rumbak, Mark ^a   Sinnott, John ^a   Cherpelis, Basil ^a   Keshishian, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MYSORE MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; BETA GLUCAN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CEFEPIME; COCAINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FIBRINOGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVAMISOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY SURFACE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CHILL; DEBRIDEMENT; EAR; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEG SWELLING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIP; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NIGHT SWEAT; NOSE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRUNK; URINALYSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEVER; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEUTROPENIA; SKIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054718590     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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