Febrile Neutropenia Associated With Cocaine Adulterated With Levamisole
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Cutaneous vasculopathy associated with levamisole-adulterated cocaine.
We report a case of cutaneous vasculopathy associated with the use of levamisole-adulterated cocaine. This recently described clinical entity is characterized by a purpuric rash with a predilection for the ears, leukopenia, and anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positivity. It is estimated that more than 70% of the current United States cocaine supply is contaminated with levamisole....
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عنوان ژورنال: Kansas Journal of Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1948-2035
DOI: 10.17161/kjm.v4i3.11367