Quantification and identification of polyomavirus DNA in blood and urine of renal transplant recipients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Baldanti, Fausto ^a   Fogazzi, Gian Battista ^b   Furione, Milena ^a   Saglimbeni, Lucia ^b   Rovida, Francesca ^a   Gatti, Marta ^a   Paolucci, Stefania ^a   Tarantino, Antonio ^b   Gerna, Giuseppe ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

BK virus; DNA quantification; JC virus; Kidney transplant; PCR; Polyomavirus; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BK VIRUS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33847252907     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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