Table 4.

Treatment of triggered acute exacerbation and idiopathic acute exacerbation

Parameters	Triggered AE	Idiopathic AE	p value
Cases	10	29
Steroid pulse	8 (80)	26 (90)	NS
IVCY	4 (40)	6 (21)	NS
Oral immunosuppressants	2 (20)	9 (31)	NS
PMX-DHP	3 (30)	6 (21)	NS
Antibacterial drugs	9 (90)	20 (69)	NS

Data are presented as n (%). Fisher’s exact test was used.

Definition of abbreviations: AE: acute exacerbation, IVCY: intravenous cyclophosphamide, PMX-DHP: polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column direct hemoperfusion, NS: not significant.