Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Prolonged KI Polyomavirus Infection in Immunodeficient Child

Valeria Falcone

, Marcus Panning, Brigitte Strahm, Thomas Vraetz, Sibylle Bierbaum, Dieter Neumann-Haefelin, and Daniela Huzly

Author affiliations: Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany

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Timeline of clinical and virologic features for a 12-year-old immunocompromised child, before and after HSCT, Germany, 2009. A) Main clinical events and therapeutic measures. B) Viral DNA load measured by real-time PCR. CSA, cyclosporin A; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplant; KIPyV, KI polyomavirus; BKPyV, BK polyomavirus; CMV, cytomegalovirus; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus.

Figure. Timeline of clinical and virologic features for a 12-year-old immunocompromised child, before and after HSCT, Germany, 2009. A) Main clinical events and therapeutic measures. B) Viral DNA load measured by real-time PCR. CSA, cyclosporin A; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplant; KIPyV, KI polyomavirus; BKPyV, BK polyomavirus; CMV, cytomegalovirus; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus.

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