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Polymerase chain reaction for the laboratory diagnosis of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2000
A protocol for testing cerebrospinal fluid specimens using a range of PCR assays for the diagnosis of central nervous system infection was developed and used to test prospectively 383 specimens.
MARISA CHESKY, ROSANA SCALCO, LUCIANE FAILACE, STEVEN READ, LUIZ FERNANDO JOBIM   +4 more
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JC polyoma virus and kidney disease [PDF]

Kidney International, 2014
To the Editor: In a recent article, Divers et al.1 describe the interaction between apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) genotypes and JC viruria, and their relationship with nondiabetic nephropathy in African Americans. The authors found that in African Americans with two APOL1 risk alleles, the prevalence of kidney disease was lower for those with JC viruria ...
Ana P, Rossi, Kelsey L, Anderson, Daniel C, Brennan   +2 more
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Prevalence of JC polyomavirus among rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus patients and its correlation with vitamin D levels

Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Background and Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency in viral infection associated with autoimmune diseases is well documented. This study assessed the prevalence of JC virus in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ...
Golnaz Irani Mokhtari, Azarakhsh Azaran, Elham Rajahi, Saeed Hesam, Azam Dehghani Ghahfarokhi, Manoochehr Makvandi   +5 more
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AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system caused by reactivation of JC virus (JCV).
Carolina de Oliveira Abrão, Lissa Rodrigues Machado da Silva, Luiz Carlos Silva Souza, Nathalia de Mello Bisso, Marília Dalva Turchi, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde   +5 more
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JC Virus PCR Detection Is Not Infallible: A Fulminant Case of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy with False-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Studies despite Progressive Clinical Course and Radiological Findings

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015
We describe a case with a false-negative PCR-based analysis for JC virus in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a patient with clinical and radiological findings suggestive of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) who was on chronic immunosuppressive
Mohamed-Ali Babi, William Pendlebury, Steven Braff, Waqar Waheed   +3 more
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HIGH PREVALENCE OF JOHN CUNNINGHAM VIRURIA IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background: John Cunningham virus (JCV) is one of the important viruses in immunocompromised patients. High JC viruria is seen in kidney allograft recipients; some of them with a polyomavirus associated nephropathy (PVAN) just like BK polyomavirus but to
Mervit B. Jasim, Ali J.H. Al-Saedi, Mustafa R. Hussein, Asmaa B. Al-Obaidi, Haider S. Kadhim   +4 more
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JC Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy Case Report: Clinical and Laboratory Learning

British Journal of Biomedical Science
IntroductionJohn Cunningham (JC) virus is commonly associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. However, this polyomavirus can also be a rare etiological agent of nephropathy in renal transplant recipients.
Rachael M. Tomb, Siobhan K. McManus, David Kipgen, Sawsan Yaqub, Sally Taylor, Rory N. Gunson   +5 more
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BK polyomavirus associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a person living with HIV

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 2021
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare demyelinating disease of the white matter central nervous system occurring in immunocompromised patients particularly those with T cell deficiency such as in HIV, haematological and solid organ ...
Brendan O'Kelly, Amy Keane, Emma Devitt, Andrew Lockhart, Deirdre O'Rourke, Fiona Lyons   +5 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Concordance of Anti‐MDA5 Antibodies: A Multicenter Australian Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective In Australia, anti‐MDA5 antibodies are exclusively tested by a line immunoblot assay (LIA). The clinical concordance of an LIA‐positive anti‐MDA5 result is unclear. We aimed to describe the clinical features and determine the clinical concordance of patients with anti‐MDA5 antibodies. Methods Electronic records of a multisite cohort (patients
Syed B. Ali, Thomas Khoo, Keeran Shivakumar, Adam Caroll, Lauren Hender, Dimitra Beroukas, Kim Griggs, Celina Jin, Theo De Malmanche, Jessica Day, Gabor Major, Vidya Limaye   +11 more
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JC Polyomavirus Nephropathy: A Rare Complication Late after Kidney Transplantation

Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis
Introduction: JC-polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (JC-PVAN) is a rare cause of allograft dysfunction with only a few cases described in the literature.
Jennifer Scotti Gerber, Sara De Marchi, Ariana Gaspert, Thomas Fehr, Pietro E. Cippà   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source