BK Virus–Associated Hemorrhagic Cystitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Patient
Author(s) -
Dan H. Barouch,
William C. Faquin,
Yiping Chen,
Igor J. Koralnik,
Gregory K. Robbins,
Benjamin T. Davis
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/341491
Subject(s) - hemorrhagic cystitis , cidofovir , medicine , bk virus , virus , virology , immunology , lymphoma , viral disease , chemotherapy , transplantation , cyclophosphamide , kidney transplantation
BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis is a common clinical problem in bone marrow transplant recipients but is considered rare in other immunosuppressed patient populations. We describe a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in whom BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis developed; viruria was quantitated in urine by immunocytochemistry, and the patient showed no response to cidofovir.
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