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Glucocorticoid maintenance therapy and severe infectious complications in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a retrospective analysis.


ABSTRACT: To study the impact of glucocorticoid maintenance dose and treatment duration on outcomes in patients with AAV (ANCA-associated vasculitis) with emphasis on infectious complications. A total of 130 AAV patients from two German vasculitis centers diagnosed between August 2004 and January 2019 treated with cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids for induction therapy and glucocorticoids for maintenance therapy were retrospectively enrolled. We investigated the influence of glucocorticoid maintenance therapy on patient survival, time to relapse, kidney function, infectious complications and irreversible physical damage. The patients were divided into the following groups: patients treated according to the predefined reduction scheme (

SUBMITTER: Speer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835159 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Glucocorticoid maintenance therapy and severe infectious complications in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a retrospective analysis.

Speer Claudius C   Altenmüller-Walther Christine C   Splitthoff Jan J   Nusshag Christian C   Kälble Florian F   Reichel Paula P   Morath Christian C   Morath Christian C   Zeier Martin M   Bergner Raoul R   Schaier Matthias M  

Rheumatology international 20201122 2


To study the impact of glucocorticoid maintenance dose and treatment duration on outcomes in patients with AAV (ANCA-associated vasculitis) with emphasis on infectious complications. A total of 130 AAV patients from two German vasculitis centers diagnosed between August 2004 and January 2019 treated with cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids for induction therapy and glucocorticoids for maintenance therapy were retrospectively enrolled. We investigated the influence of glucocorticoid maintenance  ...[more]

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