The cocaine trail: levamisole-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis in a cocaine user.
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; 34(1): 75-7, 2013.
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| ID: mdl-23327508
ABSTRACT
Two million Americans use cocaine on a regular basis. Sixty-nine percent of cocaine in the United States is adulterated with levamisole, a veterinary antihelminthic drug. In 2008, the first cases of levamisole-induced agranulocytosis and vasculopathy associated with adulterated cocaine were reported in the southwestern United States. Since then, reports of levamisole-associated toxicity have become increasingly common. The authors present the case of a 47-year-old woman from Michigan with purpuric lesions likely secondary to levamisole-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis.
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Assunto principal:
Levamisol
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Contaminação de Medicamentos
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Vasculite Leucocitoclástica Cutânea
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Cocaína
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article