Prospective Study of BK Virus Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 3

BKV viral loads in the 29 BKV viruric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

	Low viral load	High viral load	𝑃 value
	<3.5 logGEq/mL	>3.5 logGEq/mL
Mean age	48.4±17.5	37.6±11.8	0.203
Crohn’s disease
Yes 17 (58.6)	14 (82.4)	3 (17.6)	0.945
No 12 (41.4)	10 (83.3)	2 (16.7)
Moderate-severe IBD disease
Yes 4 (13.8)	4 (100)	0 (0)	0.326
No 25 (86.2)	20 (80)	5 (20)
Hospital admission at inclusion
Yes 5 (17.2)	4 (80)	1 (20)	0.858
No 24 (82.8)	20 (83.3)	4 (16.7)
Infliximab/adalimumab
Yes 14 (48.3)	10 (71.4)	4 (28.6)	0.119
No 15 (51.7)	14 (93.3)	1 (6.7)
Systemic or local corticosteroids
Yes 8 (27.6)	7 (87.5)	1 (12.5)	0.677
No 21 (72.4)	17 (81.0)	4 (19.0)
Use of quinolones
Yes 4 (13.8)	3 (75)	1 (25)	0.658
No 25 (86.2)	21 (84)	4 (16)