Resurgence of BK virus following Covid-19 in kidney transplant recipients.
Transpl Infect Dis
; 23(1): e13465, 2021 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-772374
ABSTRACT
Kidney transplant recipients have been supposed vulnerable to severe Covid-19 infection, due to their comorbidities and immunosuppressive therapies. Mild-term complications of Covid-19 are currently unknown, especially in this population. Herein, we report two cases of BKV replication after non-severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. The first case was a 59-year-old man, transplanted 3 months ago, with recent history of slight BKV viremia (3.3 log10 DNA copies/ml). Despite strong reduction of maintenance immunosuppression (interruption of mycophenolic acid and important decrease of calcineurin inhibitors), BKV replication largely increased after Covid-19 and viremia persisted at 4.5 log copy/ml few months later. The second case was a 53-year-old woman, transplanted 15 years ago. She had a recent history of BKV cystitis, which resolved with a decrease of MPA dosage. Few weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection, she presented recurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms. Our reports highlight that SARS-CoV-2 infection, even without severity, could disrupt immune system and particularly lymphocytes, thus leading to viral replication. Monitoring of viral replications after Covid-19 in kidney transplant recipients could permit to confirm these preliminary observations.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tumor Virus Infections
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Kidney Transplantation
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BK Virus
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Polyomavirus Infections
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Transpl Infect Dis
Journal subject:
Transplantation
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Tid.13465
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