Use of prostacyclin (iloprost) in digital vasculitis secondary to meningococcaemia
نویسندگان
چکیده
Extrameningeal complications of meningococcal septicaemia occur in about 11–19% of cases, and include myocarditis, acute renal failure, arthritis, pneumonia, skin gangrene, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, pericarditis, endophthalmitis, urethritis, WaterhouseFriderichsen syndrome, vasculitis, and digital ischaemia. We describe the use of a prostacyclin analogue in the treatment of cutaneous digital ischaemia in a patient with meningococcal meningoencephalitis and meningococcaemia.
منابع مشابه
Use of prostacyclin (iloprost) in digital vasculitis secondary to meningococcaemia
Extrameningeal complications of meningococcal septicaemia occur in about 11–19% of cases, and include myocarditis, acute renal failure, arthritis, pneumonia, skin gangrene, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, pericarditis, endophthalmitis, urethritis, WaterhouseFriderichsen syndrome, vasculitis, and digital ischaemia. We describe the use of a prostacyclin analogue in the treatment of cutaneous digita...
متن کاملUse of prostacyclin (iloprost) in digital vasculitis secondary to meningococcaemia.
Extrameningeal complications of meningococcal septicaemia occur in about 11–19% of cases, and include myocarditis, acute renal failure, arthritis, pneumonia, skin gangrene, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, pericarditis, endophthalmitis, urethritis, WaterhouseFriderichsen syndrome, vasculitis, and digital ischaemia. We describe the use of a prostacyclin analogue in the treatment of cutaneous digita...
متن کاملSuccessful treatment of gangrene in systemic necrotizing vasculitis with iloprost.
Systemic necrotizing vasculitis is uncommon in children and may be rarely associated with gangrene. We describe a 3-yr-old girl with parvovirus B19-induced necrotizing vasculitis whose digital gangrene was successfully treated with iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue.
متن کاملIs iloprost effective in secondary Raynaud's phenomenon?
Patients with systemic sclerosis frequently have Raynaud's phenomenon and digital ischemic ulcers. Iloprost, a synthetic prostacyclin analogue, may be effective in these cases. Searching in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening 20 databases, we identified three systematic reviews including seven randomized trials. We combined the evidence using meta-analysis and generated a s...
متن کاملInfusion of iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue, for treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon in systemic sclerosis.
Iloprost, a stable prostacyclin analogue, was given by intravenous infusion to 29 patients with severe Raynaud's phenomenon, 26 of whom had systemic sclerosis (SS), and compared with placebo infusion in a double blind crossover trial. Iloprost significantly lessened the number and the severity of attacks compared with placebo. Nine patients expressed a preference for effectiveness of treatment,...
متن کامل