CASE REPORTS   

Esperienze Dermatologiche 2011 September;13(3):117-8

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language: English

A case of leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with ampicillin-sulbactam

Ozkan O., Cagatay A., Kapmaz M., Basaran S., Karadeniz A., Buyukbabani N.

Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is the most frequent form of vasculitis at the skin. Cutaneous LCV is associated with a wide spectrum of systemic inflammatory conditions, malignancies, infections, or drug hypersensitivities. We report here 76-year old lady, who developed LCV after treatment with ampicillin-sulbactam for psoas abscess. This is the first report about LCV associated with ampicillin/sulbactam treatment.