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Polyomavirus infectious disease

MedGen UID:
215447
Concept ID:
C0949804
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Polyomavirus Infection; Polyomavirus Infections
SNOMED CT: Disease caused by Polyomavirus (5714002); Disease caused by Polyomaviridae (407457004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005927

Definition

Infections with polyomavirus, which are often cultured from the urine of kidney transplant patients. Excretion of bk virus is associated with ureteral strictures and cystitis, and that of jc virus with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (leukoencephalopathy, progressive multifocal). [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Jamilloux Y, Kerever S, Ferry T, Broussolle C, Honnorat J, Sève P
Clin Drug Investig 2016 Oct;36(10):783-9. doi: 10.1007/s40261-016-0433-8. PMID: 27401779
Masutani K
Nephrology (Carlton) 2014 Jun;19 Suppl 3:11-6. doi: 10.1111/nep.12254. PMID: 24842815

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Boumaza X, Bonneau B, Roos-Weil D, Pinnetti C, Rauer S, Nitsch L, Del Bello A, Jelcic I, Sühs KW, Gasnault J, Goreci Y, Grauer O, Gnanapavan S, Wicklein R, Lambert N, Perpoint T, Beudel M, Clifford D, Sommet A, Cortese I, Martin-Blondel G; Immunotherapy for PML Study Group
Ann Neurol 2023 Feb;93(2):257-270. Epub 2022 Oct 17 doi: 10.1002/ana.26512. PMID: 36151879Free PMC Article
Sharma K, Tolaymat S, Yu H, Elkhooly M, Jaiswal S, Jena A, Kakara M, Sriwastava S
J Neurol Sci 2022 Dec 15;443:120459. Epub 2022 Oct 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120459. PMID: 36283150
Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Hirsch HH, Randhawa PS; AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice
Clin Transplant 2019 Sep;33(9):e13528. Epub 2019 Apr 10 doi: 10.1111/ctr.13528. PMID: 30859620
Fishman JA
N Engl J Med 2007 Dec 20;357(25):2601-14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra064928. PMID: 18094380

Diagnosis

Sharma K, Tolaymat S, Yu H, Elkhooly M, Jaiswal S, Jena A, Kakara M, Sriwastava S
J Neurol Sci 2022 Dec 15;443:120459. Epub 2022 Oct 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120459. PMID: 36283150
Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Hirsch HH, Randhawa PS; AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice
Clin Transplant 2019 Sep;33(9):e13528. Epub 2019 Apr 10 doi: 10.1111/ctr.13528. PMID: 30859620
Pinto M, Dobson S
J Infect 2014 Jan;68 Suppl 1:S2-8. Epub 2013 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.09.009. PMID: 24119828
Fishman JA
N Engl J Med 2007 Dec 20;357(25):2601-14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra064928. PMID: 18094380

Therapy

Boumaza X, Bonneau B, Roos-Weil D, Pinnetti C, Rauer S, Nitsch L, Del Bello A, Jelcic I, Sühs KW, Gasnault J, Goreci Y, Grauer O, Gnanapavan S, Wicklein R, Lambert N, Perpoint T, Beudel M, Clifford D, Sommet A, Cortese I, Martin-Blondel G; Immunotherapy for PML Study Group
Ann Neurol 2023 Feb;93(2):257-270. Epub 2022 Oct 17 doi: 10.1002/ana.26512. PMID: 36151879Free PMC Article
Sharma K, Tolaymat S, Yu H, Elkhooly M, Jaiswal S, Jena A, Kakara M, Sriwastava S
J Neurol Sci 2022 Dec 15;443:120459. Epub 2022 Oct 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120459. PMID: 36283150
Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Hirsch HH, Randhawa PS; AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice
Clin Transplant 2019 Sep;33(9):e13528. Epub 2019 Apr 10 doi: 10.1111/ctr.13528. PMID: 30859620
Fishman JA
N Engl J Med 2007 Dec 20;357(25):2601-14. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra064928. PMID: 18094380

Prognosis

Jain V, Branstetter H, Savaram S, Vasquez M, Swords G, Aghili-Mehrizi S, Rees J, Rivera-Zengotita M, Montalvo M, Chuquilin M, Patterson A, Rempe T
Medicine (Baltimore) 2023 Sep 29;102(39):e35265. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000035265. PMID: 37773871Free PMC Article
Gauci ML, Aristei C, Becker JC, Blom A, Bataille V, Dreno B, Del Marmol V, Forsea AM, Fargnoli MC, Grob JJ, Gomes F, Hauschild A, Hoeller C, Harwood C, Kelleners-Smeets N, Kaufmann R, Lallas A, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Peris K, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, van Akkooi ACJ, Lorigan P, Garbe C, Lebbé C; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Aug;171:203-231. Epub 2022 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.043. PMID: 35732101
Wei F, Gaisa MM, D'Souza G, Xia N, Giuliano AR, Hawes SE, Gao L, Cheng SH, Donà MG, Goldstone SE, Schim van der Loeff MF, Neukam K, Meites E, Poynten IM, Dai J, Combes JD, Wieland U, Burgos J, Wilkin TJ, Hernandez AL, Iribarren Díaz M, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Valencia Arredondo M, Nyitray AG, Wentzensen N, Chow EP, Smelov V, Nowak RG, Phanuphak N, Woo YL, Choi Y, Hu Y, Schofield AM, Woestenberg PJ, Chikandiwa AT, Hickey AC, de Pokomandy A, Murenzi G, Péré H, Del Pino M, Ortiz AP, Charnot-Katsikas A, Liu X, Chariyalertsak S, Strong C, Ong JJ, Yunihastuti E, Etienney I, Ferré VM, Zou H, Segondy M, Chinyowa S, Alberts CJ, Clifford GM
Lancet HIV 2021 Sep;8(9):e531-e543. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00108-9. PMID: 34339628Free PMC Article
Multani A, Ho DY
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2020 Jun;34(2):359-388. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2020.02.007. PMID: 32444013
Papadimitriou JC, Randhawa P, Rinaldo CH, Drachenberg CB, Alexiev B, Hirsch HH
Am J Transplant 2016 Feb;16(2):398-406. Epub 2016 Jan 5 doi: 10.1111/ajt.13550. PMID: 26731714

Clinical prediction guides

Boumaza X, Bonneau B, Roos-Weil D, Pinnetti C, Rauer S, Nitsch L, Del Bello A, Jelcic I, Sühs KW, Gasnault J, Goreci Y, Grauer O, Gnanapavan S, Wicklein R, Lambert N, Perpoint T, Beudel M, Clifford D, Sommet A, Cortese I, Martin-Blondel G; Immunotherapy for PML Study Group
Ann Neurol 2023 Feb;93(2):257-270. Epub 2022 Oct 17 doi: 10.1002/ana.26512. PMID: 36151879Free PMC Article
Wei F, Gaisa MM, D'Souza G, Xia N, Giuliano AR, Hawes SE, Gao L, Cheng SH, Donà MG, Goldstone SE, Schim van der Loeff MF, Neukam K, Meites E, Poynten IM, Dai J, Combes JD, Wieland U, Burgos J, Wilkin TJ, Hernandez AL, Iribarren Díaz M, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Valencia Arredondo M, Nyitray AG, Wentzensen N, Chow EP, Smelov V, Nowak RG, Phanuphak N, Woo YL, Choi Y, Hu Y, Schofield AM, Woestenberg PJ, Chikandiwa AT, Hickey AC, de Pokomandy A, Murenzi G, Péré H, Del Pino M, Ortiz AP, Charnot-Katsikas A, Liu X, Chariyalertsak S, Strong C, Ong JJ, Yunihastuti E, Etienney I, Ferré VM, Zou H, Segondy M, Chinyowa S, Alberts CJ, Clifford GM
Lancet HIV 2021 Sep;8(9):e531-e543. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00108-9. PMID: 34339628Free PMC Article
Wieland U, Oellig F, Kreuter A
Hautarzt 2020 Dec;71(Suppl 2):74-81. doi: 10.1007/s00105-020-04562-x. PMID: 32303769
Henriksen JR, Ramberg I, Mikkelsen LH, Heegaard S
APMIS 2020 Feb;128(2):136-149. Epub 2020 Jan 30 doi: 10.1111/apm.13017. PMID: 32003084
Scaggs Huang FA, Danziger-Isakov L
Pediatr Nephrol 2019 Jul;34(7):1155-1166. Epub 2018 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3951-1. PMID: 29626241

Recent systematic reviews

Paolucci M, Gentile L, Gentile M, Borghi A, Merli E, Marchionni E, Guerra L, Galluzzo S, Cilloni N, Simonetti L, Zini A
Neurol Sci 2023 Sep;44(9):2995-2998. Epub 2023 Jul 8 doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-06944-0. PMID: 37421487
Wei F, Gaisa MM, D'Souza G, Xia N, Giuliano AR, Hawes SE, Gao L, Cheng SH, Donà MG, Goldstone SE, Schim van der Loeff MF, Neukam K, Meites E, Poynten IM, Dai J, Combes JD, Wieland U, Burgos J, Wilkin TJ, Hernandez AL, Iribarren Díaz M, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Valencia Arredondo M, Nyitray AG, Wentzensen N, Chow EP, Smelov V, Nowak RG, Phanuphak N, Woo YL, Choi Y, Hu Y, Schofield AM, Woestenberg PJ, Chikandiwa AT, Hickey AC, de Pokomandy A, Murenzi G, Péré H, Del Pino M, Ortiz AP, Charnot-Katsikas A, Liu X, Chariyalertsak S, Strong C, Ong JJ, Yunihastuti E, Etienney I, Ferré VM, Zou H, Segondy M, Chinyowa S, Alberts CJ, Clifford GM
Lancet HIV 2021 Sep;8(9):e531-e543. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00108-9. PMID: 34339628Free PMC Article
Wang H, Chen XL, Liu K, Bai D, Zhang WH, Chen XZ, Hu JK; SIGES research group
Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2020 Jul;11(7):e00201. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000201. PMID: 32764207Free PMC Article
Cheungpasitporn W, Thongprayoon C, Craici IM, Sharma K, Chesdachai S, Khoury NJ, Ettore AS
J Clin Virol 2018 May;102:56-62. Epub 2018 Feb 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2018.02.015. PMID: 29502047

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