BK virus nephropathy in a heart transplant recipient: Case report and review of the literature

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-121

  Barber, C E H ^a   Hewlett, T J C ^a   Geldenhuys, L ^a   Kiberd, B A ^a   Acott, P D ^a,b   Hatchette, T F ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

BK virus; Heart transplant; Nephropathy; Polyomavirus; Review

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CIDOFOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DETERIORATION; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; POLYOMAVIRUS ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BK VIRUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 33744800546     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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