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Kidney Transplantation in HIV‐Infected Patients
Author(s) -
Wyatt Christina M.,
Murphy Barbara
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2005.00095.x
Subject(s) - contraindication , medicine , transplantation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , kidney transplantation , organ transplantation , intensive care medicine , immunology , viral load , pathology , alternative medicine
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has traditionally been considered an absolute contraindication to solid organ transplantation. With improvements in survival and increases in the prevalence of end‐stage liver and kidney disease in HIV‐positive patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy, many transplant centers have begun to reconsider the role of transplantation in patients with well‐controlled HIV infection. This article reviews the literature on transplantation in HIV‐infected patients, with a focus on kidney transplantation in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.