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The first case of acute unilateral pan‐ureteritis caused by BK polyomavirus in an allogeneic stem cell transplant patient
Author(s) -
Nigo M.,
Marin D.,
Mulanovich V.E.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12504
Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , hemorrhagic cystitis , bk virus , stem cell , cidofovir , surgery , transplantation , urology , immunology , kidney transplantation , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , virus , biology , genetics
Several cases of ureteral obstruction have been reported in stem cell transplant (SCT) patients; however, they were bilateral and concomitant with or preceded by hemorrhagic cystitis. We describe, to our knowledge, a first case of acute unilateral pan‐ureteritis caused by BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) in an SCT patient. This case may represent an early phase of BKPyV reactivation. BKPyV infection should be considered as a potential cause of acute unilateral ureteritis even among SCT recipients.