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Objective: To describe characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), an antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated small-vessel necrotizing vasculitis., Methods: MPA patients from the French Vasculitis Study Group Registry satisfying the European Medicines Agency algorithm were analyzed retrospectively. Characteristics at diagnosis, treatments, relapses and deaths were analyzed to identify factors predictive of death or relapse., Results: Between 1966 and 2017, 378 MPA patients (median age 63.7 years) were diagnosed and followed for a mean of 5.5 years. At diagnosis, the main clinical manifestations included renal involvement (74%), arthralgias (45%), skin (41%), lung (40%) and mononeuritis multiplex (32%), with less frequent alveolar hemorrhage (16%), cardiomyopathy (5%) and severe gastrointestinal signs (4%); mean serum creatinine was 217 μmol/L. ANCA were detected in 298/347 (86%) patients by immunofluorescence and/or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Among the 293 patients with available ELISA specificities, 272 (92.8%) recognized myeloperoxidase and 13 (4.4%) proteinase-3. During follow-up, 131 (34.7%) patients relapsed and 78 (20.6%) died, mainly from infections. Respective 5-year overall and relapse-free survival rates were 84.2% and 60.4%. Multivariable analyses retained age >65 years, creatinine >130 μmol/L, severe gastrointestinal involvement and mononeuritis multiplex as independent risk factors for death. Renal impairment was associated with a lower risk of relapse., Conclusion: Non-renal manifestations and several risk factors for death or relapse were frequent in this nationwide cohort. While mortality was low, and mainly due to treatment-related complications, relapses remained frequent, suggesting that MPA management can be further improved., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Dr. Pagnoux reports grants and personal fees from Roche, personal fees from ChemoCentryx, grants and personal fees from GSK, personal fees from Sanofi, outside the submitted work; Dr. Puéchal reports non-financial support from Roche, non-financial support from ChemoCentryx, non-financial support from InflaRx, personal fees and non-financial support from Sanofi, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, non-financial support from GSK, outside the submitted work; All other authors have nothing to disclose., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

In patients with infectious cryoglobulinemia vasculitis (CryoVas) in the absence of hepatitis C virus infection, data on presentation, therapeutic management and outcome are lacking. We conducted a nationwide survey that included patients with HCV-negative CryoVas. We describe here the presentation, therapeutic management and outcome of 18 patients with non-HCV infectious CryoVas and 27 additional patients identified form a systematic review of the literature. We included 18 patients, mean age 57.9±13.5 years. Infectious causes were viral infections in 8 patients [hepatitis B virus (HBV) in 4, and cytomegalovirus, Epstein Barr virus, parvovirus B19 and human immunodeficiency virus in one case each], pyogenic bacterial infection in 6 patients, parasitic infection in 2 patients, and leprosy and candidiasis in one case each. Baseline manifestations were purpura (78%), glomerulonephritis (28%), arthralgia (28%), peripheral neuropathy (22%), skin necrosis (22%), cutaneous ulcers (17%), and myalgia (11%). Cryoglobulinemia was type II in 2/3 of cases. Most cases received specific anti-infectious therapy as first-line therapy, sometimes associated with corticosteroids, achieving sustained remission in the majority of cases. Refractory or relapsing patients, frequently related to HBV infection, showed a complete remission after rituximab in addition to antiviral therapy. In contrast, corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressive agents used in the absence of anti-infectious agents were frequently associated with refractory CryoVas. Viral and pyogenic bacterial infections represent the main causes of non-HCV infectious CryoVas. Antimicrobial therapy is commonly associated with sustained remission. Immunosuppressive agents should be considered only as a second-line option in patients with refractory vasculitis., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)