A novel cutaneous vasculitis syndrome induced by levamisole-contaminated cocaine

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1385-1392

  Gross, Rachel L ^a   Brucker, Jason ^a   Bahce Altuntas, Asena ^a   Abadi, Maria A ^b   Lipoff, Jules ^a   Kotlyar, David ^c   Barland, Peter ^a   Putterman, Chaim ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Levamisole; Retiform purpura; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANNABIS; COCAINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; LEVAMISOLE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; OPIATE; PHENTOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; STEROID;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTHRALGIA; ASPIRATION; BLISTER; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COCAINE LEVAMISOLE INDUCED CUTANEOUS VASCULITIS; COCAINE LEVAMISOLE INDUCED CUTANEOUS VASCULITIS SYNDROME; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EAR LOBE; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; PURPURA; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

EID: 80755132065     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1805-3     Document Type: Review

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