Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Research
Multiorgan WU Polyomavirus Infection in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient
Table 2
Summary of virus findings in tissue samples from child with acute respiratory illness*
Study | Lung | Liver | Kidney | Gastrointestinal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intranuclear inclusions | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | |
Electron microscopy | Positive | Not performed | Not performed | Not performed | |
WUPyV/KIPyV qPCR | Positive (16.6) | Positive (30.8) | Positive (30.4) | Positive (30.2) | |
WUPyV PCR and sequencing | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | |
KIPyV PCR and sequencing | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | |
WUPyV IHC | Positive | Negative | Negative | Negative | |
HBoV qPCR | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
*Numbers in parentheses indicate cycle thresholds from qPCR. HBoV, human bocavirus; IHC, immunohistochemistry; KIPyV, KI polyomavirus; qPCR, real-time quantitative PCR; WUPyV, WU polyomavirus.