Duvuru Geetha

Summary

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy: a comparison of 2 different strategies for immunosuppression reduction
    Duvuru Geetha
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 2780, USA
    Medicine (Baltimore) 90:296-302. 2011
  2. ncbi Results of repeat renal transplantation after graft loss from BK virus nephropathy
    Duvuru Geetha
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Transplantation 92:781-6. 2011
  3. ncbi Persistent or new onset microscopic hematuria in patients with small vessel vasculitis in remission: findings on renal biopsy
    Duvuru Geetha
    Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Room 2509, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    J Rheumatol 39:1413-7. 2012
  4. ncbi Ureteral stents: a novel risk factor for polyomavirus nephropathy
    Abraham Thomas
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Transplantation 84:433-6. 2007
  5. ncbi Renal transplantation in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a multicenter experience
    Duvuru Geetha
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Transplantation 91:1370-5. 2011
  6. ncbi Fibrillary glomerulonephritis presenting as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
    Purva Sharma
    Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 60:157-9. 2012
  7. ncbi Advances in Therapy for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
    Duvuru Geetha
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
    Curr Rheumatol Rep 14:509-15. 2012
  8. ncbi Incidence and outcomes of BK virus allograft nephropathy among ABO- and HLA-incompatible kidney transplant recipients
    Adnan Sharif
    Renal Institute of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7:1320-7. 2012
  9. ncbi Renal transplant in Wegener's granulomatosis compared to microscopic polyangiitis
    Duvuru Geetha
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Rheumatol 37:1705-8. 2010
  10. ncbi Bladder carcinoma in a transplant recipient: evidence to implicate the BK human polyomavirus as a causal transforming agent
    Duvuru Geetha
    Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
    Transplantation 73:1933-6. 2002

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy: a comparison of 2 different strategies for immunosuppression reduction
    Duvuru Geetha
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 2780, USA
    Medicine (Baltimore) 90:296-302. 2011
    ..Post-PVAN rejection leads to graft failure. Early repeat allograft biopsy should be considered in the management of PVAN with persistent graft dysfunction...
  2. ncbi Results of repeat renal transplantation after graft loss from BK virus nephropathy
    Duvuru Geetha
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Transplantation 92:781-6. 2011
    ..The aims of this study are to (1) describe the management of patients undergoing retransplantation after allograft loss in the setting of BKVN and (2) to identify risk factors for BK virus replication in the retransplant...
  3. ncbi Persistent or new onset microscopic hematuria in patients with small vessel vasculitis in remission: findings on renal biopsy
    Duvuru Geetha
    Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Room 2509, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    J Rheumatol 39:1413-7. 2012
    ..In patients who are in apparent clinical remission, presence of persistent or new-onset microscopic hematuria may reflect active vasculitis, damage, or other glomerular pathology...
  4. ncbi Ureteral stents: a novel risk factor for polyomavirus nephropathy
    Abraham Thomas
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Transplantation 84:433-6. 2007
    ..Our findings reveal that the presence of a ureteral stent is associated with an increase in the risk of PVN...
  5. ncbi Renal transplantation in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a multicenter experience
    Duvuru Geetha
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Transplantation 91:1370-5. 2011
    ..We report our experience with AAV patients who underwent KTX at our institutions between 1996 and 2010. Median follow-up was 64 months...
  6. ncbi Fibrillary glomerulonephritis presenting as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
    Purva Sharma
    Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 60:157-9. 2012
    ..As exemplified by this case, it is important to consider fibrillary GN in the differential diagnosis of crescentic GN with linear immunoglobulin G deposits within the GBM. Electron microscopy is crucial to make this diagnosis...
  7. ncbi Advances in Therapy for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
    Duvuru Geetha
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
    Curr Rheumatol Rep 14:509-15. 2012
    ..For patients with life-threatening disease, plasma exchange may be an effective adjuvant therapy. This article reviews seminal studies from the past decade that have contributed to the current standard of care...
  8. ncbi Incidence and outcomes of BK virus allograft nephropathy among ABO- and HLA-incompatible kidney transplant recipients
    Adnan Sharif
    Renal Institute of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7:1320-7. 2012
    ..BKVAN link to rejection and graft accommodation phenotype were also explored. The Johns Hopkins Institutional Review Board approved this study...
  9. ncbi Renal transplant in Wegener's granulomatosis compared to microscopic polyangiitis
    Duvuru Geetha
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Rheumatol 37:1705-8. 2010
    ..Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis is an important cause of endstage renal disease. Our aim was to investigate how the underlying vasculitis diagnosis may influence outcomes following renal transplant...
  10. ncbi Bladder carcinoma in a transplant recipient: evidence to implicate the BK human polyomavirus as a causal transforming agent
    Duvuru Geetha
    Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
    Transplantation 73:1933-6. 2002
    ..High level expression of BKV large T antigen in the primary and metastatic carcinoma, but not in the nonneoplastic urothelium, implicates BKV as an etiologic agent in the development of this tumor...