A Case of Polymyxin b-Immobilized Fiber Column Treatment for Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis

<table>Time course of medical treatments and changes in the lab data before and after treatment. CS: corticosteroids; mPSL: intravenous methylprednisolone including pulse therapy; PSL: oral prednisolone; Cy-A: cyclosporine A; IVCY: intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy; IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin (20 g/d for 5 days); PMX: polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column hemoperfusion; O<sub>2</sub>: oxygen supplied with nasal cannula; LDH: serum lactate dehydrogenase; ferritin: serum ferritin level; CRP: serum C-reactive protein; KL-6: serum sialylated carbohydrate antigen KL-6 level; WBC: white blood cell count; neutrophil: neutrophil count.</table>

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Figure 1: A Case of Polymyxin b-Immobilized Fiber Column Treatment for Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis 

Figure 1 | A Case of Polymyxin b-Immobilized Fiber Column Treatment for Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis 