A multicenter prospective study to define the natural history of BK viral infections in kidney transplantation.
Michael E SeifertRoslyn B MannonAnoma NelloreJo-Anne H YoungAlexander C WisemanDavid J CohenV Ram PeddiDaniel C BrennanCharity J MorganKalyani PeriInmaculada AbanRichard J WhitleyJohn W GnannPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2024)
We identified multiple donor and recipient demographic factors associated with risk for BKV infection and poorer allograft function by 24 months post-transplant. This may help design future clinical trials of therapies to prevent or mitigate the deleterious impact of BKV reactivation on kidney transplant outcomes.