Open AccessAntirejection Treatment in Kidney Transplant Patients with BK Viruria
Author(s) -
Liise K. Kayler,
Ibrahim Batal,
Ravi Mohanka,
Charles W. Morgan,
Amit Basu,
Ron Shapiro,
Parmjeet Randhawa
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181837802
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , viremia , bk virus , creatinine , renal function , urology , gastroenterology , nephropathy , kidney , kidney transplantation , virus , immunology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Kidney transplant recipients with BK virus nephropathy or viremia are generally treated with reduction of immunosuppression to facilitate virus eradication.