BK Virus in Renal Transplant Patients Using Alemtuzumab for Induction Immunosuppression.

CONCLUSIONS: BK viremia incidence following alem-tuzumab induction therapy appears to be comparable to that shown in other reports and slightly lower than the incidence in patients receiving non-alemtuzumab immunosuppression. BK virus may increase risk of rejection, and BK virus plus another infection may lead to decreased graft survival. African American patients, patients > 65 years old, and patients with rejection history may be at increased risk of BK virus. Closer screening should be considered in these populations. PMID: 31324134 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research