Transplantation: Levofloxacin treatment does not prevent BK virus infection

Nature Reviews Nephrology 11, 65 (2015). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2014.228 Author: Ian Fyfe A 3-month course of levofloxacin does not prevent BK viruria after kidney transplantation but does increase the risk of adverse events, according to data from a new study. “Quinolone prophylaxis was ineffective in preventing BK viruria ... this finding contradicts previous observational data,” says senior
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