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BK Virus Infection

MedGen UID:
882065
Concept ID:
C1096691
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: BK Viral Infection

Definition

An infection caused by the BK virus. It usually causes an asymptomatic infection, except in immunocompromised individuals where it may cause nephropathy or hemorrhagic cystitis. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBK Virus Infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Saleh A, El Din Khedr MS, Ezzat A, Takou A, Halawa A
Exp Clin Transplant 2020 Nov;18(6):659-670. Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.6002/ect.2019.0254. PMID: 32552624
Dalianis T, Eriksson BM, Felldin M, Friman V, Hammarin AL, Herthelius M, Ljungman P, Mölne J, Wennberg L, Swartling L
Infect Dis (Lond) 2019 Jul;51(7):479-484. Epub 2019 Apr 23 doi: 10.1080/23744235.2019.1595130. PMID: 31012777
Sawinski D, Goral S
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015 Feb;30(2):209-17. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu023. PMID: 24574543

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Chandraker A, Regmi A, Gohh R, Sharma A, Woodle ES, Ansari MJ, Nair V, Chen LX, Alhamad T, Norman S, Cibrik D, Singh M, Alper A, Jain D, Zaky Z, Knechtle S, Sharfuddin A, Gupta G, Lonze BE, Young JH, Adey D, Faravardeh A, Dadhania DM, Rossi AP, Florescu D, Cardarelli F, Ma J, Gilmore S, Vasileiou S, Jindra PT, Wojciechowski D
J Am Soc Nephrol 2024 May 1;35(5):618-629. Epub 2024 Mar 12 doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000329. PMID: 38470444Free PMC Article
Borriello M, Ingrosso D, Perna AF, Lombardi A, Maggi P, Altucci L, Caraglia M
Genes (Basel) 2022 Jul 21;13(7) doi: 10.3390/genes13071290. PMID: 35886073Free PMC Article
Saleh A, El Din Khedr MS, Ezzat A, Takou A, Halawa A
Exp Clin Transplant 2020 Nov;18(6):659-670. Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.6002/ect.2019.0254. PMID: 32552624
Mbianda C, El-Meanawy A, Sorokin A
J Clin Virol 2015 Oct;71:59-62. Epub 2015 Aug 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.08.003. PMID: 26295751Free PMC Article
Sawinski D, Goral S
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015 Feb;30(2):209-17. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu023. PMID: 24574543

Diagnosis

Borriello M, Ingrosso D, Perna AF, Lombardi A, Maggi P, Altucci L, Caraglia M
Genes (Basel) 2022 Jul 21;13(7) doi: 10.3390/genes13071290. PMID: 35886073Free PMC Article
Saleh A, El Din Khedr MS, Ezzat A, Takou A, Halawa A
Exp Clin Transplant 2020 Nov;18(6):659-670. Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.6002/ect.2019.0254. PMID: 32552624
Bakr MA, Denewar AA, Abbas MH
Exp Clin Transplant 2016 Nov;14(Suppl 3):21-26. PMID: 27805505
Sawinski D, Goral S
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015 Feb;30(2):209-17. Epub 2014 Feb 25 doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu023. PMID: 24574543
Holt DA, Sinnott JT 4th, Oehler RL, Bradley EA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1992 Dec;13(12):738-41. doi: 10.1086/648347. PMID: 1337752

Therapy

Chandraker A, Regmi A, Gohh R, Sharma A, Woodle ES, Ansari MJ, Nair V, Chen LX, Alhamad T, Norman S, Cibrik D, Singh M, Alper A, Jain D, Zaky Z, Knechtle S, Sharfuddin A, Gupta G, Lonze BE, Young JH, Adey D, Faravardeh A, Dadhania DM, Rossi AP, Florescu D, Cardarelli F, Ma J, Gilmore S, Vasileiou S, Jindra PT, Wojciechowski D
J Am Soc Nephrol 2024 May 1;35(5):618-629. Epub 2024 Mar 12 doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000329. PMID: 38470444Free PMC Article
Borriello M, Ingrosso D, Perna AF, Lombardi A, Maggi P, Altucci L, Caraglia M
Genes (Basel) 2022 Jul 21;13(7) doi: 10.3390/genes13071290. PMID: 35886073Free PMC Article
Saleh A, El Din Khedr MS, Ezzat A, Takou A, Halawa A
Exp Clin Transplant 2020 Nov;18(6):659-670. Epub 2020 Jun 16 doi: 10.6002/ect.2019.0254. PMID: 32552624
Bakr MA, Denewar AA, Abbas MH
Exp Clin Transplant 2016 Nov;14(Suppl 3):21-26. PMID: 27805505
Mbianda C, El-Meanawy A, Sorokin A
J Clin Virol 2015 Oct;71:59-62. Epub 2015 Aug 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.08.003. PMID: 26295751Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Guo J, Yu B, Zou J, Zhang L, Wang T, Zhou J, Qiu T
Transpl Immunol 2022 Dec;75:101709. Epub 2022 Sep 12 doi: 10.1016/j.trim.2022.101709. PMID: 36100194
McCaffrey J, Bhute VJ, Shenoy M
Sci Rep 2021 Jan 28;11(1):2468. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82160-0. PMID: 33510329Free PMC Article
Burek Kamenaric M, Ivkovic V, Kovacevic Vojtusek I, Zunec R
Viruses 2020 Dec 9;12(12) doi: 10.3390/v12121417. PMID: 33317205Free PMC Article
Dalianis T, Eriksson BM, Felldin M, Friman V, Hammarin AL, Herthelius M, Ljungman P, Mölne J, Wennberg L, Swartling L
Infect Dis (Lond) 2019 Jul;51(7):479-484. Epub 2019 Apr 23 doi: 10.1080/23744235.2019.1595130. PMID: 31012777
Zarauza Santoveña A, García Meseguer C, Martínez Mejía S, Alonso Melgar Á, Fernández Camblor C, Melgosa Hijosa M, Peña Carrión A, Espinosa Román L
Transplant Proc 2015 Jan-Feb;47(1):62-6. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.11.020. PMID: 25645771

Clinical prediction guides

Rasaei N, Malekmakan L, Gholamabbas G, Abdizadeh P
Exp Clin Transplant 2023 Oct;21(10):814-819. doi: 10.6002/ect.2023.0071. PMID: 37965956
Garofalo M, Pisani F, Lai Q, Montali F, Nudo F, Gaeta A, Russo G, Natilli A, Poli L, Martinelli C, Binda B, Pretagostini R
Transplant Proc 2019 Nov;51(9):2936-2938. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.04.091. PMID: 31711578
Dalianis T, Eriksson BM, Felldin M, Friman V, Hammarin AL, Herthelius M, Ljungman P, Mölne J, Wennberg L, Swartling L
Infect Dis (Lond) 2019 Jul;51(7):479-484. Epub 2019 Apr 23 doi: 10.1080/23744235.2019.1595130. PMID: 31012777
Wright AJ, Gill JS
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2016 Aug;29(4):353-8. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000278. PMID: 27257795
Umbro I, Tinti F, Muiesan P, Mitterhofer AP
World J Gastroenterol 2016 Jan 28;22(4):1532-40. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i4.1532. PMID: 26819520Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Wajih Z, Karpe KM, Walters GD
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2024 Oct 9;10(10):CD013344. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013344.pub2. PMID: 39382091Free PMC Article
Mohammadi K, Khajeh B, Dashti-Khavidaki S, Shab-Bidar S
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2021 Sep;21(9):1265-1279. Epub 2021 Aug 4 doi: 10.1080/14712598.2021.1960978. PMID: 34304664
Kariminik A, Kheirkhah B
Cytokine 2017 Jul;95:64-69. Epub 2017 Feb 24 doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2017.02.011. PMID: 28237875
Hill P, Cross NB, Barnett AN, Palmer SC, Webster AC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jan 11;1(1):CD004759. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004759.pub2. PMID: 28073178Free PMC Article
Kariminik A
Cytokine 2016 Dec;88:276-280. Epub 2016 Oct 5 doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2016.09.023. PMID: 27718431

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