POLYOMAVIRUS DISEASE UNDER NEW IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS

Background. Manifest polyomavirus (PV) renal graft infection is a rare complication. We diagnosed 5 cases among 70 kidney recipients undergoing transplants since December 1995; however, there were no cases at our institution before December 1995. Method. To identify risk factors promoting manifest PV graft infection, we compared those 5 patients with kidney recipients who had signs of PV replication but no manifest graft infection (n=23, control...