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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;22(3):e13288.
doi: 10.1111/tid.13288. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

JC virus-associated nephropathy in a post-heart and -kidney transplantation patient

Jack Aguilar  1 , David H Chang  2 , Mercury Lin  1 , Jean Hou  1 , Edmund Huang  1 , Michelle Kittleson  2 , Jignesh Patel  2 , Jon Kobashigawa  2
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Case Reports

JC virus-associated nephropathy in a post-heart and -kidney transplantation patient

Jack Aguilar et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

JC virus-associated nephropathy is rare in kidney transplant recipients, and even rarer in recipients of other solid organ transplants. We present a case of JC virus-associated nephropathy in a heart-kidney transplant recipient, which to our knowledge is the first case reported in the literature. We discuss the findings on renal biopsy for JC virus nephropathy and our management approach to this rare complication.

Keywords: JC virus nephropathy; heart transplantation; kidney transplant; polyomavirus-associated nephropathy.

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