High-level Polyomavirus JC viruria following long-term steroid therapy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-407

  Costa, Cristina ^a   Bergallo, Massimiliano ^a   Ferrara, Paolo ^b   Cavallo, Rossana ^a  

^a SCDU Virologia   (Italy)

^b ASL TO1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polyomavirus JC; Steroids; Viruria

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JC VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; URINE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BETAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DNA, VIRAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JC VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS; JC POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 78650252215     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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