Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 1038-1048.e1 , September 2009

BK Virus Infection Is Associated with Hematuria and Renal Impairment in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplants

  • Peter H. O'Donnell

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Kate Swanson

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Michelle A. Josephson

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew S. Artz

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Sandeep D. Parsad

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Charulata Ramaprasad

      Affiliations

    • Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Kenneth Pursell

      Affiliations

    • Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Rich

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Wendy Stock

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Koen van Besien

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to: Koen van Besien, MD, Section of Hematology/Oncology, MC 2115, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637.

Received 4 February 2009 ,Accepted 27 April 2009.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 1047.

PII: S1083-8791(09)00217-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.04.016

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 1038-1048.e1 , September 2009

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