BK virus associated nephropathy in native kidneys of a heart allograft recipient

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.1303

Schmid, Holger ; Burg, Michael ; Kretzler, Matthias ; Banas, Bernhard ; Gröne, Hermann-Josef ; Kliem, Volker

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Abstract

Polyomavirus-mediated nephropathy is an increasingly recognized complication in renal transplant recipients, but data on the status of viral activity in the native kidneys of non-renal solid organ recipients are limited. Thirteen native kidney biopsies of heart transplant recipients with significant renal impairment were evaluated for the evidence of polyomavirus reactivation by ...