Estudo citológico em urina de pacientes transplantados renais para pesquisa do poliomavirus humano tipo BKV

Abstract

The polyomavirus type BK has been associated to the nephropathy in the patients transplanted renal with an incidence varying among 3 - 4% and in 60% of the cases could take to the loss of the graft. Several studies have been demonstrating the importance of the discovery of the decoy cells in these patients' urine as first selection for the viral replication making it diagnose differential between the sharp cellular rejection and the nephropathy for the BK virus. In this context, the present study aimed at to detect the presence of BKV through the observation of the decoy cells in the urine of the transplanted renal, correlating this discovery with the serum urea levels and creatinine and the histopathology features through the renal biopsy. For so much, the 50 transplanted patients' urine renal (28 men and 22 women) assisted at two hospitals of Fortaleza (Academical Hospital Walter Cantídio and General Hospital of Fortaleza) they were analyzed as for the presence of decoy cells detected through the urinary cytology by the coloration of Papanicolau. Were the cytology analyzed and done classify in negative and positive (≥ 1 decoy cell). Result: Of the 50 cytology analyzed urinary 28 patients they were male and 22 female, alive donor's receivers (n = 43) or cadaverous (n = 7) with assertiveness for decoy cells of 24% (12 patient). Creatinine levels and increased urea, separately, they were not useful to suspect of the nephropathy for BKV or rejection of the transplant (p > 0,05). The correlation of the altered levels of urea and creatinine, with the presence or absence of the decoy cells, was significant for the statistics (p < 0,05). The biopsy revealed nephropathy for BKV in five (20%) of the patients with cells decoy in the urine and the more frequent histological discoveries were fibrose and infiltrated inflammatory mononuclear. The most employed immune suppression in the patients in study was the outline 1 (50%) (ciclosporina / azatioprina / zenapx), following for outlines 2 (16%) (MMF/FK 506/zanapax) 1 outline 3 (16%) (ciclosporina / prednizona / azatioprina). Conclusion: The assertiveness for decoy cells in this study (24%) it is coincident with the literature (8 -26%) suggesting active infection. The presence of the decoy cells in the urine was useful to define the patients' groups with possible nephropathy for BKV of those with nephropathy for rejection, because the negativity for decoy cells in the urine moves away in 100% of the cases the nephropathy for BKV, and his/her presence serves as guide to move forward in the nephropathy investigation for BKV. The biopsy confirmed in 5 of the 12 cases with decoy cells positive in the urine (20%) the nephropathy for the polyomavirus and one of them vein to lose the graft. The immunosuppressive outline used by the patients in study and the nephropathy presence for BKV was not it that more it links in the literature. Also the patients with nephropathy for BKV that used less associated outlines this condition had worse evolution. These last results indicate the need of new studies with larger number of patients, time of larger attendance and study of the stumps turn.