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Organ Transplantation in HIV Infected Individuals: The Time Has Come - Should there Be Criteria?

Author(s) -

Sharon Walmsley

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2006/384135

Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , transplantation , organ transplantation , infectious disease (medical specialty) , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , immunology , disease , kidney transplantation , liver disease , virology , hepatitis , intensive care medicine , virus , viral load

Before the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV and its associated infectious and malignant complications were the major causes of death in patients with HIV infection, including those with serious comorbidities involving the heart, liver or kidney (1). Consequently, therapy of the underlying liver disease, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV), was often not attempted, and transplantation of scarce organs was not a consideration

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