Successful pregnancy in renal transplant recipient with previous known polyomavirus nephropathy

Clin Transplant. 2007 Jul-Aug;21(4):571-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00673.x.

Abstract

Pregnancy after renal transplantation has become increasingly common. Studies in non-immunocompromised patients have shown that pregnant women have increased susceptibility to infection or reactivation of latent virus such as BK virus. To what extent a renal transplant recipient is at risk for reactivation of polyoma virus during pregnancy remains unknown. We hereby report successful pregnancy outcome in a renal transplant recipient with a known history of BK virus nephropathy treated with cidofovir i.v. To our knowledge, this is the first published experience with a successful pregnancy in renal transplant recipients with known history of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • BK Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Cidofovir
  • Cytosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cytosine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Graft Survival*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / surgery
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Nephritis / diagnosis
  • Nephritis / drug therapy
  • Nephritis / virology
  • Organophosphonates / therapeutic use*
  • Polyomavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Polyomavirus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Polyomavirus Infections / virology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Tumor Virus Infections / diagnosis
  • Tumor Virus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Tumor Virus Infections / virology

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Organophosphonates
  • Cytosine
  • Cidofovir