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- Published: May 24, 2019
- By: Tiffany Caza, MD
- Tags: BK/Polyoma virus, Kidney transplant, renal allograft, SV40
The painting above shows acute tubular injury, reactive changes in tubular epithelial cells, tubulitis, inclusions within tubular epithelium, and interstitial inflammation. These are morphologic changes that can be seen in polyomavirus nephritis. BK virus is the most common etiology of polyomavirus nephritis, while JC virus and simian virus 40 (SV40) are less common etiologies. All are DNA viruses that are non-enveloped and show tropism for the genitourinary tract, especially urothelium (Lusco et al, 2016). Polyomavirus nephritis is a serious complication affecting approximately 5 to 6 percent of kidney transplants, often as a result of over-immunosuppression. The prevalence is higher in...