A 19-year old man with IgA vasculitis after vaccination

Publication date: Available online 30 October 2018Source: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesAuthor(s): Alexandre Malek, Sara Isabel Gomez-Villegas, Alejandro de la Hoz, Cima Nowbakht, Cesar A. AriasAbstractA 19-year-old patient who mistakenly received two doses of influenza vaccine 10 days before presentation, was admitted with malaise, weakness, and a purpuric non-blanching rash most prominent on the ankles followed by abdominal pain and hematochezia 72 h later. The diagnosis of influenza vaccine-related Henoch–Schonlein vasculitis was made. This complication, although rare, is the most common vasculitis related to immunization.
Source: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research