Open AccessRenal transplantation in a HIV positive patient
Author(s) -
Amit Mann,
P. Soundararajan,
Suni Shroff
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.57110
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , end stage renal disease , transplantation , disease , kidney transplantation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , live donor , renal transplant , stage (stratigraphy) , kidney disease , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , immunology , alternative medicine , paleontology , biology
Historically HIV positive patients were considered a contraindication for renal transplant. After the year 1996, with the introduction of HAART the retropositive patients live longer and therefore end stage organ disease is now an increasingly important cause of mortality and morbidity in these patients. Here we report our experience for the first time in India. A forty nine year old hypertensive female from Africa who was diagnosed chronic kidney disease and retropositive status, progressed to end stage renal disease and underwent live related renal transplant at our centre.