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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul-Aug;32(4):375-377.
doi: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_229_21. Epub 2022 May 11.

A Preemptive Living Donor Renal Transplant in an HIV Positive Patient from an HIV Positive Donor

Neil Saldanha  1 , Vijay Nandu  1 , Zaheer A Virani  1 , Prashant Rajput  1 , Shruti Tapiawala  1 , Bharat V Shah  1
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A Preemptive Living Donor Renal Transplant in an HIV Positive Patient from an HIV Positive Donor

Neil Saldanha et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2022 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

With recent advances in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), renal transplantation is no longer considered a contraindication in properly selected HIV-positive patients. Several studies have demonstrated comparable patient and graft outcomes between HIV-negative and HIV-positive renal transplant recipients. Most of the information on outcomes of HIV-positive to HIV-positive transplantation is based on data from deceased donors. There are only a handful of case reports about living donor renal transplantation in an HIV-positive patient from an HIV-positive donor. Furthermore, there is no report in the world of preemptive living donor renal transplantation in this setting. Here, we report a case of successful preemptive renal transplantation in an HIV-positive recipient from an HIV-positive living donor performed at our center.

Keywords: CD4 count; human immunodeficiency virus; preemptive living donor renal transplant; viral load.

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