Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae respiratory infection: A case report
Neera N Vora, Hannah Todorowski, Michelle Paulson, Nitin Bhanot · 2026
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Description
Neera N. Vora and co-authors described in 2026 a skin vessel inflammation that followed a chest disease in a 36-year-old woman. She first built upper respiratory symptoms, then a fast-spreading purple rash two weeks later across legs, belly, and arms. Joint pain, swollen feet, belly pain, and vomiting accompanied the rash. Chest imaging showed a patchy shadow in one lung area.
Testing of respiratory samples found Chlamydia pneumoniae, an atypical pneumonia bacterium, while other disease and autoimmune checks came back unrevealing. A skin biopsy confirmed the small-vessel inflammation pattern called leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Treatment combined an antibiotic active against the bacterium with steroid drugs for the vessel inflammation. Her condition improved markedly under that combined treatment in the report. The authors caution that cause cannot be proven, yet the timing and exclusions make the bacterium a plausible trigger.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Neera N Vora, Hannah Todorowski, Michelle Paulson, Nitin Bhanot |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |