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Table 5 Treatment and outcomes

From: Comparative investigation of respiratory tract involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis between PR3-ANCA positive and MPO-ANCA positive cases: a retrospective cohort study

 

PR3-ANCA

MPO-ANCA

(N = 9)

(N = 6)

Initial treatment

  

 Prednisone + Cyclophosphamide + Hemodialysis

1

0

 Prednisone + Cyclophosphamide

5

4

 Prednisone + Methotrexate

1

0

 Prednisone + Hemodialysis

1

0

Prednisone

1

2

 Additonal treatment

  

 Cyclophosphamide

0

1

 Azathioprine

1

3

  for meintenance therapy

0

3

  for uncontrolled disease activity

1

0

 Methotrexate

1

0

 Ritiximab

2

0

 Plasma pheresis

1

0

Outcome

  

 death

1

1

 relapse

5

1

 alveolar hemorrhage

1

0

  1. The details of initial treatment, additional treatment, and outcomes for the patients in each group were specified