Vancomycin-associated leukocytoclastic vasculitis.

Case Rep Infect Dis

Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Published: August 2012

Vancomycin is U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for treatment of serious infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or in individuals who have failed, cannot tolerate, or are allergic to other antibiotics. Very few cases of vancomycin-associated leukocytoclastic vasculitis have been published. We report on a patient who developed pruritus and palpable purpura in both lower extremities after receiving six days of intravenous vancomycin. Skin biopsy revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis.

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