Successful pregnancy in renal transplant recipient with previous known polyomavirus nephropathy
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Midtvedt, Karsten; Bjorang, Ola; Letting, Anne-Sofie
- Source
- Clinical Transplantation. Jul 01, 2007 21(4):571-573
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0902-0063
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.