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EFFECT OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION ON THE URINARY EXCRETION OF BK AND JC POLYOMAVIRUSES IN RENAL ALLOGRAFT RECIPIENTS
Author(s) -
Kitamura Tadaichi,
Yogo Yoshiaki,
Kunitake Tsuyoshi,
Suzuki Kazuo,
Tajima Atsushi,
Kawabe Kazuki
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1994.tb00004.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , incidence (geometry) , population , transplantation , urinary system , renal transplant , bk virus , urology , gastroenterology , kidney transplantation , immunology , physics , environmental health , optics
Sixty‐five renal allograft recipients on immunosuppressive therapy were examined for BK and JC viruria using Southern blot hybridization. The incidence and degree of BK and JC viruria were compared between this population (group RTR) and, an age‐ and sex‐matched population of non‐immunosuppressed individuals (group CTR). In the results, the incidence of BK viruria was significantly increased in the RTR group compared with the CTR group, while that of JC viruria was similar in the 2 groups. The proportion with a high level of JC viruria, however, was greater in the RTR group compared with the CTR group. Additionally, it was also demonstrated that the incidence of both BK and JC viruria was not affected by the characteristics of renal transplant recipients, such as differences in the donor source (living‐related vs cadaveric), type of immunosuppressive agents used, or the time post‐transplantation.