Determination of viremia cut-off for risk to develop BKPyV-associated nephropathy among kidney transplant recipients.

Camila da Silva BicalhoRenato Dos Reis OliveiraDaísa Ribeiro DavidMaria Cristina Domingues Silva FinkFabiana AgenaMaria Cristina CastroCláudio PanuttiElias David-NetoLigia Camera Pierrotti

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)

Prevalence of viruria, viremia, and nephropathy were similar to those reported in literature but the cut-off value of viremia that best discriminates the risk of progression to nephropathy was greater than the value usually reported, which is 10 000 copies/mL.

Keyphrases

systematic review
risk factors
solid phase extraction
mass spectrometry
molecularly imprinted
high resolution