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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007 22(2):660-661; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl554
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Ciprofloxacin-induced ANCA-negative cutaneous and renal vasculitis—resolution with drug withdrawal

Email: leroy.storsley@cdha.nshealth.ca

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Sir,

A 50-year-old male with a history of hypertension underwent cystoscopy for gross haematuria. A bladder tumour was resected cystoscopically, and subsequently proved to be benign. He presented one week later with fever, delirium and right-sided flank pain. He was admitted with a diagnosis of urosepsis, and treated with ampicillin and gentamicin intravenously. His clinical condition rapidly improved, and was discharged 4 days later on oral ciprofloxacin.

Ten days after discharge, he developed a skin rash on his legs. The rash was an initially red, palpable purpura that progressed to purplish lesions that ultimately ulcerated. He had no . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Leroy Storsley1 and Laurette Geldenhuys2

1Division of Nephrology
2Department of Pathology
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada


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