Management strategies for common viral infections in pediatric renal transplant recipients

Table 1 Pre-transplant screening and diagnostic work-up for kidney transplant recipients

CMV	CMV IgG serology in both donors and recipients
EBV	Screening by EBV serology in both donors and recipients
BKPyV	Not done at present
HSV	HSV antibodies in blood
VZV	Pretransplant screening for previous VZV infectio
Hepatitis B & C	HBV
	HBsAg and antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (antiHBc)
	HCV
	HCV antibody test
Respiratory viruses	Nasopharyngeal wash or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) specimens (in the case of Adeno virus - stools or plasma), by conventional viral culture, PCR, or direct immunofluorescence

CMV: Cytomegalovirus; EBV: Epstein-Barr virus; BKPyV: Human BK polyomavirus; HSV: Herpes simplex viruses; VZV: Varicella zoster virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.