Research Article

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

Table 2

Comparison of inflammatory bowel disease patients with and without BKV viruria.

All patientsViruric patientsNonviruric patients value

Age (mean ± SD) 0.036
Males (%)26 (49.1)12 (46.2)14 (53.8)0.217
Type of IBD
 Crohn’s disease (%)32 (60.4)17 (53.1)15 (46.9)0.610
 Ulcerative colitis (%)21 (39.6)12 (57.1) 9 (42.9)
Previous surgery (%)18 (34.0)8 (44.4)10 (55.6)0.930
Severity of IBD
 Severe7 (13.2)4 (57.1)3 (42.9)0.890
 Nonsevere46 (86.8)25 (54.3)21 (45.7)
Hospital admission at inclusion (%)
 No39 (73.6)24 (61.5)15 (38.5)0.096
 Yes14 (26.4)5 (35.7)9 (64.3)
Immunosuppressive therapy (%)
 No12 (22.6)5 (41.7)7 (58.3)0.302
 Yes41 (77.4)24 (58.5)17 (41.5)
Infliximab/adalimumab
 No29 (54.7)15 (51.7)14 (48.3)0.630
 Yes24 (45.3)14 (58.3)10 (41.7)
Systemic corticosteroids
 No45 (84.9)23 (51.1)22 (48.9)0.771
 Yes8 (15.1)6 (75)2 (25)
Serum creatinine
(mg/dL, mean ± SD)
0.411
Ciprofloxacin at inclusion
 No42 (79.2)25 (59.5) 17 (40.5)0.170
 Yes11 (20.8)4 (36.4)7 (63.6)
Urinalysis
 Hematuria6 (11.3)4 (13.8)2 (8.3)0.532
 Leukocyturia8 (15.1)5 (17.2)3 (12.5)0.631

Statistically significant values are shown in bold.