Infective endocarditis is the leading cause of infection-associated cutaneous vasculitis: A single academic center dermatology consultant experience

To the Editor: Cutaneous vasculitis (CV) has diverse manifestations and etiologies —infectious etiologies are common in children whereas idiopathic or underlying systemic conditions are common in adults.1 Infective endocarditis (IE) can cause CV, however, the lack of pathognomonic cutaneous findings makes this diagnosis challenging.2 Importantly, competing etiologies complicate management, as empiric treatments (eg, immunosuppression for infectious etiologies) can be fatal. To investigate the observation that many patients with CV had IE, we conducted a single-institution retrospective study from 2018 to 2023 to characterize CV seen by our dermatology inpatient consult ser vice.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Research letter Source Type: research