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Polyoma virus is believed to be a complication of increased immunosuppression.
Also the antiviral cidofovir could be tried. Use of immunostaining as a guide to diagnosis. M Ahuja, EP Cohen, AM Dayer, B Kampalath, CC Chang, BA Bresnahan, S Hariharan. Irreversible graft failure is more prevalent with polyoma virus infection. Analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Immunohistochemistry.