| Autor: |
Pjanic M; Clinic for Internal Diseases, Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, University Clinical Center Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina., Aleckovic-Halilovic M; Clinic for Internal Diseases, Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, University Clinical Center Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina., Basic-Jukic N; Department of Nephrology, Arterial Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of clinical medicine [J Clin Med] 2024 Apr 11; Vol. 13 (8). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 11. |
| DOI: |
10.3390/jcm13082217 |
| Abstrakt: |
The John Cunningham virus (JCV) is a polyomavirus that usually infects people at a young age and does not cause any symptoms in immunocompetent individuals. However, in immunocompromised individuals, such as kidney transplant recipients, JCV can cause severe and potentially fatal disease. Unfortunately, JCV has not been researched as extensively as the BK virus and is not mentioned in relevant kidney transplant guidelines. This lack of attention to JCV can lead to less consideration in kidney transplant patients' care. Surveillance using locally available diagnostic methods is of the utmost importance. The presence of JCV can be diagnosed with urine decoy cells, viruria, or viremia verified by the PCR method. A low threshold for considering JCV as a possible cause of any neurological or renal dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients must be maintained. In such cases, kidney and brain biopsy are indicated. Maintaining the appropriate immunosuppression while avoiding over-immunosuppression to prevent JCV disease is crucial, and the approach should be individual, according to overall immunological risk. We hypothesize that the presence of the JCV can indicate overt immunosuppression and identify kidney transplant recipients more prone to opportunistic infections and diseases, including some malignancies. To explore that, future observational studies are needed. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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