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What do you use to treat a kidney transplant patient with progressive BK nephropathy despite a maximal decrease in immunosuppression for months?

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Nephrology · Dell Medical School

Assuming you are referring to actual BK nephropathy (biopsy evidence of viral inclusion on renal tubular cells staining positive by SV40 either by IF or immunohistochemistry) + serum BK viral PCR.

Beyond lowering immunosuppression, adjunctive therapy (none of which are FDA approved of course) includ...

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