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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
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 immunohistochemistry and PCR. One case of BK virus-mediated nephropathy in a cardiac transplant recipient exposed to high levels of immunosuppressive drugs was identified. Clinical and histopathological findings of this patient progressing to terminal renal failure are discussed in detail. In conclusion, polyomavirus reactivation in native kidneys of heart transplant recipients can cause significant renal impairment and should be considered in the differential diagnosis in this patient cohort.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1600-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1562-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-BK Virus, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Kidney Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Polyomavirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Tumor Virus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:15888070-Virus Activation
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
BK virus associated nephropathy in native kidneys of a heart allograft recipient.
pubmed:affiliation
Nephrologisches Zentrum Niedersachsen, Hann. Münden, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports