Here is an abstract from SHM 2014 containing a case presentation and brief discussion of ANCA positive vasculitis associated with levamisole-adulterated cocaine.  Levamisole is one of several culprit drugs (see here).  Once thought of as a drug induced “false positive ANCA” it is now widely recognized that the problem can involve a fully developed vasculitis, the management of which may require more than just stopping the offending drug, as illustrated in the abstract.
 
 
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