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Influenza vaccination induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis and pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis.
Influenza vaccination induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis and pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis. Yanai-Berar N, Ben-Itzhak O, Gree J, Nakhoul F. Department of Nephrology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. Influenza vaccination is a widely accepted practice, particularly among the elderly and high-risk individuals. Minor and transitory side effects following the vaccination are common, while systemic complications are infrequently reported. We describe here a case of a patient who presented to the emergency room with arthralgia, myalgias and purpura, following influenza vaccination. Necrotizing vasculitis associated with pauci-immune glomerulonephritis was observed on kidney biopsy. With increasing use of influenza vaccination, attention should be drawn to the possible expression of systemic adverse effects such as vasculitis and glomerulonephritis. PMID: 12356192 [PubMed - in process]
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