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ANCA Associated Vasculitis Secondary to Levamisole-Adultered Cocaine with Associated Membranous Nephropathy: A Case Series

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cocaine is a risk factor for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease with progression to end-stage renal disease. Levamisole is an adulterant that is added to cocaine to enhance its euphoric effects. Levamisole-adulterated cocaine (LAC) is associated with the distinct clinical syndromes of agranulocytosis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, cocaine-induced midline destructive lesions (CIMDL), and ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) …

Authors

Collister D; Sathianathan C; Ryz K; Karpinski M; Bernstein K; Gibson IW

Journal

American Journal of Nephrology, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 209–216

Publisher

Karger Publishers

Publication Date

2017

DOI

10.1159/000456553

ISSN

0250-8095