Chemoprophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in Japanese patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis: an observational study.
Izaya NakayaKen-Ei SadaMasayoshi HarigaiJun SomaKoichi AmanoHiroaki DobashiTatsuya AtsumiYukio YuzawaShouichi FujimotoTakahiko SugiharaYoshinari TakasakiYoshihiro ArimuraHirofumi MakinoPublished in: Modern rheumatology (2022)
The markedly low incidence of PCP may be attributed to the continuous chemoprophylaxis against PCP received by >50% of Japanese patients with AAV, though the effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis against PCP was not statistically confirmed.