What interventions help to prevent or treat BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients?
Posted
Via Cochrane
What interventions help to prevent or treat BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients? Key messages • People who have received a transplanted kidney because of kidney failure (a condition where the kidneys no longer function well enough to keep a person alive) are at risk of infection. This is because they have to take strong medications to dampen down the body's immune system (immunosuppressants) to prevent their body from fighting (rejecting) this new kidney. This puts them at risk of developing infection, which may affect the way the new kidney functions. A virus (BK virus) with...
