Abstract
Polyoma virus (BK subtype) is one of the most common viral infection among kidney transplant recipients. In the first-year post-transplant, up to 30% of patients will develop BK viremia, while BK nephropathy occurs in 2-12%. Polyoma virus reactivation often reflects excessive immunosuppression. As patients are asymptomatic, viral load monitoring is mandatory and diagnosis is confirmed by kidney biopsy. Besides solid organ transplantation, cases of BK virus infection in patients with immunosuppression of other causes have been reported in the literature.
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