Fungal leukocytoclastic vasculitis as a presentation of systemic vasculitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) commonly have vasculitis with cutaneous involvement. Disease activity associated with SLE is frequently responsible for the vasculitis, although infection is also important to consider. We describe a young woman with SLE who was found to have leukocytoclastic vasculitis due to Candida albicans.
Wasserman
Amy M
AM
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Sarantopoulos
G Peter
GP
Khanna
Dinesh
D
D000328:Adult; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology*