Urinary tract infection (UTI) facts. 1  Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are infections of the urethra, bladder, ureters, or the kidneys, which comprise the urinary tract.  E. coli bacteria cause the majority of UTIs, but many other bacteria, fungi, and parasites may also cause UTIs.
Common vasculitis skin lesions are: 1  red or purple dots (petechiae), usually most numerous on the legs. 2  larger spots, about the size of the end of a finger (purpura), some of which look like large bruises. 3  Less common vasculitis lesions are hives, an itchy lumpy rash and painful or tender lumps. Antibodies that react against cells in vessel walls. 2  In some cases of vasculitis, an antibody against the cytoplasm of neutrophils (anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies, or ANCA) is the probable cause of the inflammation and damage.
Summary Summary. The following summary is from Orphanet, a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. Vasculitis represents a clinically heterogenous group of diseases of multifactorial etiology characterized by inflammation of either large-sized vessels (large-vessel vasculitis, e.g. Giant-cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis; see these terms), medium-sized vessels (medium-vessel vasculitis e.g. polyarteritis nodosa and Kawasaki disease; see these terms), or small-sized vessels (small-vessel vasculitis, e.g. granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis ...