COVID-19 Infection and Response to Vaccination in Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Transplantation: A Brief Presentation

S Stai, G Lioulios, M Christodoulou, E Kasimatis… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with phenotypic and functional changes in the
immune system, followed by detrimental clinical consequences, such as severe infections …

BK polyomavirus DNAemia in pancreas transplant recipients compared to pancreas–kidney recipients

ZA Yetmar, YC Kudva, MT Seville… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background BK polyomavirus (BKV) infection is a common complication of kidney
transplantation. While BKV has been described in non‐kidney transplant recipients, data are …

Pathogen‐agnostic immune biomarkers that predict infection after solid organ transplantation

H Imlay, AM Seibert, KE Hanson - Transplant Infectious …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) remain at high risk for infection throughout their
post‐transplant course. Dosing of immunosuppressive medications, strategies that prevent …

A nomogram for predicting BK virus activation in kidney transplantation recipients using clinical risk factors

J Wang, J Li, Z Chen, M Xu, C Yang, R Rong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
BK virus is a common opportunistic viral infection that could cause BK virus-associated
nephropathy in renal transplant recipients. Thus, we retrospectively analyzed clinical and …

Decreased lymphocyte count before conditioning is associated with BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

X Xie, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, H Zeng, J Deng… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis (BKV-HC) is a serious complication
after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). It can cause morbidity …

Risk factors for BK virus infection in living-donor renal transplant recipients: a single-center study from China

P Li, D Cheng, J Wen, K Xie, X Li, X Ni, S Ji, J Chen - Renal failure, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: BK virus (BKV) infection has become one of the main complications in renal
transplant recipients (RTRs) with the arrival of newer potent immunosuppressive agents …

[PDF][PDF] BK Virus Infection in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients; Risk Factors and their Impact on Allograft Survival.

F Alalawi, H Alnour, ME Kossi, JR Jenkins… - Trends in …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Background: Since the discovery of BK Virus (BKV) in 1971, it became a growing challenge
in the renal transplant field. Many hypotheses over the latest years have been made to justify …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring of blood immunosuppressant concentrations and lymphocyte activation for predicting viral infections following kidney transplantation: A pilot study

T Iwamoto, K Nishikawa - Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The current standard pharmacokinetic monitoring of immunosuppressive therapy does not
consider inter-and intra-individual differences in the biological response to multidrug …

BK virus in kidney transplant recipients with graft dysfunction

DM Riad, WK Mowafy, HH Saleh… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study was to estimate the viral load of BK virus (BKV) in the urine and blood of Kidney
transplant recipients (KTRs) with graft dysfunction and its effect on the development of graft …

[PDF][PDF] NUCLEIC ACIDS BASED DIAGNOSTICS FOR SALIVARY VIRUSES: A REVIEW

VR Maitri, SE Sudradjat, KH Timotius - cell - academia.edu
Objectives: This review aims to find the general profile of salivary nucleic acids; to
understand the current detection method of salivary viral DNA and RNA, and to understand …