Clinical Study
BK Virus in Kidney Transplant Recipients: The Influence of Immunosuppression
Table 1
Factors other than immunosuppression associated with increased risk of posttransplant BKV replication.
| Risk factors | Reference |
| Older age |
[20, 35] | Male gender | [20, 35] | Caucasian race |
[18, 35] | Diabetes mellitus |
[18] | Deceased donor |
[19] | Greater HLA mismatches |
[20ā22, 35] | Absence of HLA-C7 in donor and recipient |
[23] | Acute rejection |
[18, 21, 35] | Recipient seronegativity |
[25, 33] | Recipient seropositivity |
[26] | Donor seropositivity |
[23, 27, 28] | High donor antibody titre |
[23] | Poor cellular immune response |
[30ā34, 37] | Longer cold ischemic time |
[35] | Use of ureteral stent |
[35] | Delayed graft function |
[35] | More recent transplant year |
[35] | Lower centre transplant volume |
[35] |
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BKV: BK virus; HLA: human leukocyte antigen.
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