Acute hantavirus infection presenting as hypersensitivity vasculitis with arthropathy.
Acute hantavirus infection was diagnosed in a young man presenting with a hypersensitivity vasculitis and arthropathy. He has recovered with minimal evidence of residual renal damage.
Pether
J V
JV
Public Health Laboratory, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, U.K.
Thurlow
J
J
Palferman
T G
TG
Lloyd
G
G
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology*
D011239:Prednisolone