title: Acute hantavirus infection presenting as hypersensitivity vasculitis with arthropathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Laboratory, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, U.K.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Pether
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thurlow
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Palferman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lloyd
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone