Transplantation: polyomavirus nephropathy and the risk of specific immunosuppression regimens.

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Christine WuJerry McCauley

Abstract

BK virus is ubiquitously present in the latent state in humans, and awareness of the importance of BK polyomavirus is emerging among the kidney transplant community. First discovered in 1971 in the urine of a renal transplant recipient, BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) has come to be recognized as a significant cause of genitourinary disease and potential graft loss in the kidney transplant patient. In this review, we discuss the risk factors, available methods of diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring, and current approaches to therapy of BKVN.

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Feb 12, 2009·Transplant International : Official Journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation·Jesse D ScholdHerwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche
Jun 15, 2013·Transplant International : Official Journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation·Nissreen ElfadawySherif B Mossad
Mar 10, 2015·Medical Microbiology and Immunology·K TeutschV Di Cristanziano
Oct 12, 2016·Microbiology Spectrum·Linda Cook

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