title: BK virus subtype IV nephropathy occurring 5 years after kidney transplantation.
abstract: We report on a BK virus-associated nephropathy in a 28-year-old man. His symptoms occurred 5 years after he had received a kidney transplantation. He was treated with tacrolimus, azathioprine, and prednisolone. The progress of the disease was monitored by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions for BK virus DNA. An analysis of viral DNA showed that the BK virus in the patient's plasma belonged to genotype IV.
authors: Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan. takayama@hama-med.ac.jp
authors: Tatsuya
authors: T
authors: Takayama
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Suzuki
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Otsuka
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Furuse
authors: Soichi
authors: S
authors: Mugiya
authors: Tomomi
authors: T
authors: Ushiyama
authors: Guiping
authors: G
authors: Han
authors: Katsutoshi
authors: K
authors: Miura
authors: Toshinobu
authors: T
authors: Horii
authors: Seiichiro
authors: S
authors: Ozono
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001739:BK Virus; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D027601:Polyomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*