Effect of steroid pulses in severe BK virus allograft nephropathy with extensive interstitial inflammation.

Julien CarrilloArnaud Del BelloFederico SallustoAudrey DelasMagali ColombatJean Michel MansuyJacques IzopetNassim Kamar Julie Belliere

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2024)

No significant differences were found in the evolution of both groups of patients, despite patients receiving "pulse" steroids were identified as the most severe sharing higher BK viral load and more frequent active lesions on histology.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
early onset
ejection fraction
oxidative stress
prognostic factors
social media
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
kidney transplantation
patient reported
disease virus