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.
inflammation of the blood vessels. It may be caused by a systemic disease or an allergic reaction. Kinds of vasculitis are allergic vasculitis, necrotizing vasculitis, and segmented hyalinizing vasculitis. See also angiitis.ymptoms of vasculitis depend on the severity of the inflammation and the organ system or systems affected. Some types of vasculitis are so mild that the only symptoms noted are small reddish-purple dots (called petechiae) on the skin due to tiny amounts of blood seeping out of leaky blood vessels.