肾移植受者BK病毒感染的临床诊断

目的 探讨肾移植受者BK病毒感染的诊断方法、监测指标.方法 采集234例肾移植受者的血、尿样本,行BKV尿沉渣细胞学计数与实时荧光定量PCR检测方法.结果 234例受者的尿Decoy细胞、BK病毒尿症与病毒血症的阳性率分别为33.3%、33.3%和16.2%.尿Decoy细胞阳性者Decoy细胞中位数水平为6个/10HPF,BKV DNA阳性者尿液和外周血BKV中位数水平分别为7.62×103 copy/ml和7.61×103 copy/ml.尿液BKV阳性率较外周血明显升高(P=0.000).尿液Decoy细胞计数与尿液BKV含量相关(γ=0.59,P=0.000),但尿液和外周血中BKV含量无明显相关性(P=0.14).结论 肾移植受者易发生BKV再活化,定量尿沉渣细胞学检测简单、易行、敏感,可以做为BKV活化的指标,间接反映肾脏病理情况,也可检测血、尿BKV DNA了解病毒活化情况、筛查BKV相关的移植肾肾病.

Clinical diagnosis of BK virus infection in renal transplant recipients

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical diagnosis of BK virus (BKV) infection in renal transplant recipients. METHODS: Urine and peripheral blood samples were taken from 234 renal transplant recipients for BKV detection with cytological test and real-time PCR. RESULTS: The occurrence rate of urine decoy cells, BKV viruria and viremia in these patients was 33.3 %, 33.3% and 16.2%, respectively, and the median level of urine decoy cells was 6/10 HPF, with the median level of urine and peripheral blood BKV of 7.62 x 10(3) copy/ml and 7.61 x 10(3) copy/ml, respectively. The positivity rate of BKV in the urine samples were significantly higher than that in peripheral blood samples (P=0.000). The amount of decoy cells was related to BKV load in the urine samples (gamma=0.59, P=0.000), but the BKV load in the urine samples was not related to that in peripheral blood samples (P=0.14). CONCLUSION: Renal transplantation is associated with increased BKV shedding, indicating the necessity of BKV monitoring in renal transplant recipients with urine cytology, which is convenient and sensitive and indicates renal histological changes indirectly. Urine and peripheral blood BKV DNA detection is of value in identifying BKV activation to prevent irreversible graft damage of BKV-associated nephropathy.