2 results match your criteria: "University School of Medicine Amedeo Avogadro of Eastern Piedmont[Affiliation]"
Detection, distribution, and pathologic significance of BK virus strains isolated from patients with kidney transplants, with and without polyomavirus-associated nephropathy.
Arch Pathol Lab Med
May 2009
Department of Medical Science, University School of Medicine "Amedeo Avogadro" of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
Context: BK virus strains or regulatory region sequence variations may play a role in the pathogenesis of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (PVAN), although no definite relationship has yet been demonstrated.
Objective: To investigate the pathologic significance of BK virus strains and regulatory region sequence variations.
Design: Eight (3.
Kidney and urinary tract polyomavirus infection and distribution: molecular biology investigation of 10 consecutive autopsies.
Arch Pathol Lab Med
January 2005
Department of Medical Science, University School of Medicine Amedeo Avogadro of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
Context: Distinct human polyomavirus genotypes cause different diseases in patients with renal transplants: BK virus (BKV) causes tubulointerstitial nephritis and ureteral stenosis, whereas both JC virus (JCV) and BKV are responsible for hemorrhagic cystitis. These findings could result from a selective infection of kidney and urinary tract segments by JCV or BKV.
Objective: To verify this hypothesis, 10 complete, unselected, consecutive autopsies from 9 immunocompetent patients and 1 patient affected by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome were investigated.