Kidney Transplantation: Prevention and Management of Transplant Associated Complications – Polyoma BK Virus Infection
Does this patient have BK virus infection? BK virus (BKV) is a DNA virus that typically infects children and remains latent in the immunocompetent host. BK viruria develops in 25% of transplant recipients and viremia in about 15%. Continue Reading Histologically confirmed Polyoma Virus Allograft Nephropathy (or PVAN) occurs in <5% of patients. Older age,…