Association between a High BK Virus Load in Urine Samples of Patients with Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Development of Hemorrhagic Cystitis after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

• DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.11.5394-5396.2004
• Publication Date: 2004-11-05T01:09:22Z
• Authors: G. Bogdanovic; P. Priftakis; G. Giraud; M. Kuzniar; R. Ferraldeschi; P. Kokhaei; H. Mellstedt; M. Remberger; P. Ljungman; J. Winiarski; T. Dalianis
• Keywords: Adult; Polyomavirus Infections; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Graft vs Host Disease; Hemorrhage; Urine; Viral Load; 6. Clean water; 3. Good health; Tumor Virus Infections; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; BK Virus; Cystitis; Humans; Child

ABSTRACT BK virus (BKV) load in urine alone or in combination with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was correlated to development of hemorrhagic cystitis (HC). BKV load in combination with acute GVHD discriminated the best, while BKV and viral load alone, but not GVHD, still showed predictive ability for HC.