Open AccessPolyomavirus nephropathy and Cytomegalovirus nephritis in renal allograft recipients
Author(s) -
Vinita Agrawal,
Ramesh K. Gupta,
Manoj Jain,
Narayan Prasad,
Raj Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.72025
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , tacrolimus , cytomegalovirus , nephropathy , bk virus , nephritis , transplantation , prednisolone , gastroenterology , immunology , kidney transplantation , pathology , herpesviridae , viral disease , virus , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Polyomavirus nephropathy (PVN) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease are the most common viral pathogens causing allograft dysfunction in renal allograft recipients. They have been observed in transplant recipients with increasing frequency in the recent years with various reports describing wide differences in the incidence of these infections in renal allografts. We present our experience with Polyomavirus (PV) infection and CMV infection in allograft of renal transplant recipients from a transplant centre in North India performing more than 100 transplants per year.