BK virus subtype IV nephropathy occurring 5 years after kidney transplantation.
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.
Takayama
Tatsuya
T
Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan. takayama@hama-med.ac.jp
Suzuki
Kazuo
K
Otsuka
Atsushi
A
Furuse
Hiroshi
H
Mugiya
Soichi
S
Ushiyama
Tomomi
T
Han
Guiping
G
Miura
Katsutoshi
K
Horii
Toshinobu
T
Ozono
Seiichiro
S
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*