Purple Blotches on His Leg Leaked Orange Fluid, and the Color Gave Away the Cause

A 43-year-old man being treated for tuberculosis developed purple blotches across his left lower leg, and several of those lesions began seeping fluid the color of orange soda. Doctors at the Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research in Wardha, India, reported the case in the journal IDCases, tracing the reaction to rifampicin, one of the drugs at the center of standard tuberculosis treatment worldwide.

From a Swollen Neck to a Rash on One Leg