title: Microscopic polyangiitis in a pregnant woman.
abstract: Patients who have vasculitis in pregnancy generally have a grim prognosis. Vasculitis occurring during pregnancy may have a more aggressive course and require more aggressive treatment than vasculitis occurring at other times. A 29-year-old woman who presented in the 16th week of her third intrauterine pregnancy was diagnosed as having active microscopic polyangiitis. Therapy consisting of high-dose methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide was instituted, but the patient died of pulmonary infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: Ali Riza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Odabas
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gursan
authors.forename: Yilmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.forename: Fazli
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumtepe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008775:Methylprednisolone