Table 2.
Patients with minimal change disease with infection before onset or during corticosteroid treatment.
| Infections | Before onset | Before relapse | During corticosteroid therapy | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (n) | Proportions (%) | Times (n) | Proportions (%) | Times (n) | Proportions (%) | Times (n) | Proportions (%) | |
| Upper respiratory tract infection or bronchitis | 11 | 61.1 | 9 | 64.3 | 11 | 15.7 | 31 | 30.4 |
| Pulmonary infection | 6 | 33.3 | 3 | 21.4 | 20 | 28.6 | 29 | 28.4 |
| Intestinal infection | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 12 | 17.1 | 13 | 12.8 |
| Cutaneous or subcutaneous infection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17.1 | 12 | 11.8 |
| Urinary infection | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 8 | 11.4 | 9 | 8.8 |
| Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.1 | 6 | 5.9 |
| Septicemia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.0 |