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Successful pregnancy in renal transplant recipient with previous known polyomavirus nephropathy
Author(s) -
Midtvedt Karsten,
Bjorang Ola,
Letting AnneSofie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1399-0012
pISSN - 0902-0063
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00673.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bk virus , cidofovir , pregnancy , nephropathy , transplantation , renal transplant , kidney transplantation , polyomavirus infections , immunology , virus , endocrinology , biology , genetics , diabetes mellitus
Pregnancy after renal transplantation has become increasingly common. Studies in non‐immunocompromised patients have shown that pregnant women have increased susceptibility to infection or reactivation of latent virus such as BK virus. To what extent a renal transplant recipient is at risk for reactivation of polyoma virus during pregnancy remains unknown. We hereby report successful pregnancy outcome in a renal transplant recipient with a known history of BK virus nephropathy treated with cidofovir i.v. To our knowledge, this is the first published experience with a successful pregnancy in renal transplant recipients with known history of polyomavirus‐associated nephropathy.