Open AccessKaposi Sarcoma in HIV-positive Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients: A French Multicentric National Study and Literature Review
Author(s) -
C. Charpentier,
Julie Delyon,
Denis Glotz,
MarieNoëlle Peraldi,
Jean-Philippe Rérolle,
B. Barrou,
Émilie Ducroux,
Audrey Coilly,
Camille Legeai,
Stéphane Barète,
Célèste Lebbe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002468
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , sarcoma , medicine , kaposi's sarcoma , transplantation , immunology , pathology , human herpesvirus
Kaposi sarcoma is a vascular tumor related to herpesvirus-8 and is promoted by immunosuppression. For the last 15 years, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients have had access to organ transplantation. The dual immunosuppression of HIV and immunosuppressive treatments might increase the risk and severity of Kaposi sarcoma.