'Decoy cells' in the urine due to polyomavirus BK infection: easily seen by phase-contrast microscopy

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001 Jul;16(7):1496-8. doi: 10.1093/ndt/16.7.1496.

Authors

G B Fogazzi¹, M Cantú, L Saglimbeni

Affiliation

¹ Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Maggiore, IRCCS, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 11427650
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.7.1496

No abstract available

MeSH terms

BK Virus*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Microscopy, Phase-Contrast / methods
Polyomavirus Infections / pathology
Polyomavirus Infections / urine*
Postoperative Complications
Tumor Virus Infections / pathology
Tumor Virus Infections / urine*
Urine / cytology*