Detection of BK polyomavirus genotypes to predict the development of BK polyomavirus-associated complications in kidney transplant recipients: A retrospective analysis.

Irene Muñoz-GallegoNerea Díaz-MadridanoNoelia MoralConsuelo PascualNatalia PolancoEsther GonzálezAmado AndrésMaría Dolores Folgueira

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)

The probability of developing clinical manifestations is higher in infections by mixed genotypes. Therefore, the detection of BKPyV genotypes by rt-PCR can provide relevant information to stratify patients' risk of BKPyV-associated complications and guide the clinical management of BKPyV infection in kidney transplant recipients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
real time pcr
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
loop mediated isothermal amplification
risk factors
label free
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
health information
social media
sensitive detection
quantum dots