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17377822

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-4
pubmed:abstractText
Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is diagnosed in 2-8% of pediatric renal transplants and often precedes renal allograft dysfunction. Without intervention, however, significant graft dysfunction is observed in more than 50% of cases, although progressive early graft loss is reported in only three of 32 (9%) of cases. No specific treatment is available, but early decrease in immunosuppression is followed by declining human polyomavirus type 1 (BK virus) replication and improved outcome. The data suggest differences between pediatric and adult kidney transplantation. Possibly, pediatric patients might be able to mount a more vigorous BK virus-specific immune response than adult patients under similar modulation of immunosuppression. Also the role of cidofovir and leflunomide is still unresolved in pediatric patients. Larger prospective trials are needed to better define the impact of BK virus immunity for replication and disease as well as the role of reducing immunosuppression with or without cidofovir or leflunomide in pediatric transplant patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0931-041X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1243-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
BK virus infection, replication, and diseases in pediatric kidney transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review