Successful Treatment of BK Virus-Associated Hemorrhagic Cystitis in a Kidney Transplant Patient: a Case Report.
10.3904/kjm.2015.89.6.704
- Author:
Sihyung PARK
1
;
Ga Hee LEE
;
Bong Soo PARK
;
Kubok JIN
;
Jin Han PARK
;
Jin Du KANG
;
Yang Wook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea. kyw8625@chol.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
BK virus;
Cystitis;
Kidney transplantation
- MeSH:
BK Virus;
Ciprofloxacin;
Cystitis*;
Hematuria;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Kidney Transplantation;
Kidney*;
Nephritis, Interstitial;
Stem Cell Transplantation;
Urinary Bladder
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2015;89(6):704-708
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hemorrhagic cystitis is defined as diffuse mucosal inflammation of the urinary bladder that presents with gross hematuria. A variety of factors, including chemotherapeutic agents, radiation therapy and infection, can cause hemorrhagic cystitis. Among them, BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis is common in patients who have undergone stem cell transplantation but relatively rare in kidney transplantation patients. Here, we present the case of a kidney-transplant patient with BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis and interstitial nephritis who was successfully treated with leflunomide and ciprofloxacin.
