Polyomavirus BK infection in pediatric kidney-allograft recipients: A single-center analysis of incidence, risk factors, and novel therapeutic approaches

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1266-1270

  Ginevri, F ^a   De Santis, R ^b   Comoli, P ^c   Pastorino, N ^a   Rossi, C ^a   Botti, G ^a   Fontana, I ^d   Nocera, A ^d   Cardillo, M ^e   Ciardi, M R ^a   Locatelli, F ^c   Maccario, R ^c   Perfumo, F ^a   Azzi, A ^b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; URINE; VIREMIA;

EID: 0242585412     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000061767.32870.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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