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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2012

BK virus infection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

J Ledesma, P Muñoz, D Garcia de Viedma, I Cabrero, B Loeches, P Montilla, P Gijon, B Rodriguez-Sanchez, E Bouza, BKV Study Group

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The polyomavirus puzzle: is host immune response beneficial in controlling BK virus after adult hematopoietic cell transplantion?Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society · 2014
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J LedesmaDepartment of Clinical Microbiology-Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Doctor Esquerdo 46, 28007, Madrid, Spain.
P Muñoz
D Garcia de Viedma
I Cabrero
B Loeches
P Montilla
P Gijon
B Rodriguez-Sanchez
E Bouza
BKV Study Group
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of BK virus (BKV) infection in HIV-positive patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in our hospital. The presence of BKV was analysed in urine and plasma samples from 78 non-selected HIV-infected patients. Clinical data were recorded using a pre-established protocol. We used a nested PCR to amplify a specific region of the BKV T-large antigen. Positive samples were quantified using real-time PCR. Mean CD4 count in HIV-infected patients was 472 cells/mm3 and median HIV viral load was <50 copies/mL. BKV viraemia was detected in only 1 HIV-positive patient, but 57.7% (45 out of 78) had BKV viruria, which was more common in patients with CD4 counts>500 cells/mm3 (74.3% vs 25.7%; p=0.007). Viruria was present in 21.7% of healthy controls (5 out of 23 samples, p=0.02). All viral loads were low (<100 copies/mL), and we could not find any association between BKV infection and renal or neurological manifestations. We provide an update on the prevalence of BKV in HIV-infected patients treated with HAART. BKV viruria was more common in HIV-infected patients; however, no role for BKV has been demonstrated in this population.

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AdultAgedBK VirusDNA, ViralFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlasmaPolymerase Chain ReactionPolyomavirus InfectionsPrevalenceProspective StudiesTumor Virus InfectionsUrineDNA, Viral

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