This patient showed no clinical signs or hematological disorders having hemoglobin and hematocrit values of 14g/dL and 41%, respectively. His PV B19 viremic titer was 1 �� 104 genome copies/reaction. http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Sunitinib-Malate-(Sutent).html After reduction of immunosuppressive medication, viremia fell to undetectable levels and the patient recovered.In these two patients affected by active PV B19 infection, Polyomavirus JC/BK, CMV, EBV, HSV, HCV, HBV, and HIV, were not detected.Previous studies have shown that the prevalence of PV B19 infection in KT patients ranged from 0 to 6.3% [9�C11], while reached 23% in anemic KT patients [12]. In agreement with these findings, we found 2 positive cases out of 50 nonanemic KT patients (4%). It is to be noted that nonanemic patients positive for PV B19 investigated here showed viral loads not exceeding 1 �� 105 genome copies/reaction.

Our results are consistent with a previous study that correlated only the viremic titers higher than1 �� 106copies/reaction with severe anemia [13]. Surprisingly, in our study, none (0/14) of KT patients with severe anemia had an active infection by Parvovirus B19, although one PV B19 positive patient showed a moderate reduction in hemoglobin concentration and in hematocrit. However, it is to underline that it is difficult to compare the results of different studies because of the heterogeneity in definition of posttransplant anemia [6].In conclusion, we can support that results of the present study are partially consistent with data reported in the literature, although Parvovirus B19 infection was not common in the renal transplant population and wasn’t associated with severe anemia.

We believe that could be important routinely performing a differential diagnosis for Parvovirus B19 in all cases of posttransplant anemia and/or heavy immunosuppression regimen.AcknowledgmentThe authors thank Francesca Leoni (IZSUM) for scientific discussion about this paper.
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