title: No detection of BK virus, JC virus, KI, WU and Merkel cell polyomaviruses in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurological complications after hematopoetic stem cell transplantation.
abstract: Neurological complications, often due to viral reactivation, after allogeneic hematopoetic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are associated with increased mortality. Here, cerebrospinal fluid from 20 HSCT patients with neurological symptoms were analyzed and found to be negative by PCR for BK virus, JC virus, KI, WU and Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA.
authors.affiliation: Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Priftakis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wide
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramqvist
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dalianis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001739:BK Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007577:JC Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D018862:Merkel Cells / Q000821:virology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000821:virology; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult