TABLE 1

Clinical and genetic subset of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) status

ANCA positiveANCA negative
Genetic associationHLA DQA1 and HLA DRB1GPA33 and IL-5/IRF1
PathogenesisVasculitis
Similar to other ANCA-associated vasculitis syndromes
Eosinophilic infiltration
Similar to asthma
Organ involvementGlomerulonephritis
Alveolar haemorrhage
Peripheral neuropathy
Pulmonary infiltrates
Cardiomyopathy
Purpura