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. 2010 Mar 2;38(2):124–127. doi: 10.1007/s15010-009-9201-5

Hemorrhagic Cystitis and Possible Neurologic Disease from BK Virus Infection in a Patient with AIDS

A N Kinnaird 1,4,✉, G M Anstead 2,3
PMCID: PMC7101561  PMID: 20198406

Abstract

BK virus (BKV)-associated hemorrhagic cystitis occurs in bone marrow transplant recipients but is rare among other immunosuppressed patients. We present a rare case of BKVassociated hemorrhagic cystitis in a 48-year-old man with AIDS and previously diagnosed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

Keywords: Immune Reconstitution, Cidofovir, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Hemorrhagic Cystitis, Tubulointerstitial Nephritis

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