This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Polyomavirus infections' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

What is the benefit of the determination of quantitative PCR for polyomavirus in renal transplant recipients? And is there any value in screening kidney donors for polyomavirus? The need for giving ...

A benign virus normally found in the skin can lead to a type of rare, lethal skin cancer. Specifically, infection by the Merkel cell polyomavirus can lead to Merkel cell carcinoma in ...

While uncommon, BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with a "substantial" risk of graft loss in kidney transplant recipients. BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy may increase the ...

From July 2001 to April 2004, we used leflunomide as the initial antiviral therapy in 17 patients with biopsy-proven BK nephropathy. All but one of these patients was receiving tacrolimus, prednisone, ...

Background A 36-year-old white female, who had received a deceased-donor kidney transplant for end-stage renal disease secondary to reflux nephropathy 8 years previously, was referred to a transplant ...

It has recently been shown that Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and often lethal cutaneous malignancy, frequently harbors a novel clonally integrated polyomavirus aptly named Merkel cell polyomavirus.

If every cell in our body is a factory, viruses are industrial spies who try to break in and take over. New findings about how one of the most mysterious types of spy - polyomaviruses -- accomplishes ...

Background. A 33 year-old pancreatic transplant recipient developed weakness, retinal blindness, and necrotic plaques on her face, scalp, and hands. Methods. A muscle biopsy was analyzed by light and ...

AnaPatricia Garcia, Kenneth S. Latimer, Frank D. Niagro, Terry M. Norton, Barry G. Harmon, Raymond P. Campagnoli and W. L. Steffens III A diagnosis of polyomavirus was made in three Black-bellied Seed ...

This section presents medications that are known to potentially lead to 'Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with ...