BK Virus in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Study
✍ Scribed by B. Loeches; M. Valerio; M. Pérez; R. Bañares; J. Ledesma; M. Fogeda; M. Saledo; D. Rincón; E. Bouza; P. Muñoz
- Book ID
- 116935123
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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## Abstract Polyomavirus BK (BKV) is a common human polyomavirus that rarely causes clinical symptoms in immunocompetent individuals. However, BK virus reactivation occurs in 20–40% of kidney transplant patients and 1–10% of cases present with BK virus‐associated nephropathy (BKVN) and reduced kidn
The following sentences from the article abstract are corrected as follows: BKVN was confirmed histologically in 3/120 patients and viremic patients were treated with dialysis for longer time periods and had higher levels of panel reactive antibodies. In conclusion, polyoma BK viremia and viruria