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Polyomavirus BK replication in de novo kidney transplant patients receiving tacrolimus or cyclosporine: a prospective, randomized, multicenter study.

Vincenti, Flavio;
Hirsch, HH;
Friman, S;
Tuncer, M;
Citterio, F;
Wiecek, A;
Scheuermann, EH;
Klinger, M;
Russ, G;
Pescovitz, MD

UC San Francisco Previously Published Works (2013)

Polyomavirus BK (BKV)-associated nephropathy causes premature kidney transplant (KT) failure. BKV viruria and viremia are biomarkers of disease progression, but associated risk factors are controversial. A total of 682 KT patients receiving basiliximab, my