BK polyomavirus DNAemia in pancreas transplant recipients compared to pancreas-kidney recipients.
Zachary A YetmarYogish C KudvaMaria Teresa SevilleWendelyn BoschPatrick G DeanJanna L HuskeyPooja BudhirajaTambi JarmiAleksandra KuklaElena BeamPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2023)
BKV DNAemia was common among PTA recipients, though lower than a comparable group of pancreas-kidney recipients. However, BKV DNAemia was not associated with adverse native kidney outcomes and no PTA recipients developed endstage kidney disease. Conversely, BKV DNAemia was associated with pancreas allograft failure. Further studies are needed to estimate the rate of BKV nephropathy in this population, and further evaluate long-term kidney outcomes.