A Brazilian university hospital position regarding transplantation criteria for HIV-positive patients according to the current literature

A Brazilian university hospital position regarding transplantation criteria for HIV-positive patients according to the current literature

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was considered a contraindication for solid organ transplantation (SOT) in the past. However, HIV management has improved since highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became available in 1996, and the long-term survival of patients living with HIV has led many transplant programs to reevaluate their policies regarding the exclusion of patients with HIV infection. Based on the available data in the medical literature and the cumulative experience of transplantation in HIV-positive patients at our hospital, the aim of the present article is to outline the criteria for transplantation in HIV-positive patients as recommended by the Immunocompromised Host Committee of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo.

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Main Authors: Pierrotti,Lígia Camera, Litvinov,Nadia, Costa,Silvia Figueiredo, Azevedo,Luiz Sérgio Fonseca de, Strabelli,Tânia Mara Varejão, Campos,Silvia Vidal, Odongo,Fatuma Catherine Atieno, Reusing-Junior,Jose Otto, Song,Alice Tung Wan, Lopes,Max Igor Banks Ferreira, Batista,Marjorie Vieira, Lopes,Marta Heloisa, Maluf,Natalya Zaidan, Caiaffa-Filho,Hélio Helh, de Oliveira,Maura Salarolli, Sousa Marques,Heloisa Helena de, Abdala,Edson
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2019
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322019000100304
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Summary:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was considered a contraindication for solid organ transplantation (SOT) in the past. However, HIV management has improved since highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became available in 1996, and the long-term survival of patients living with HIV has led many transplant programs to reevaluate their policies regarding the exclusion of patients with HIV infection. Based on the available data in the medical literature and the cumulative experience of transplantation in HIV-positive patients at our hospital, the aim of the present article is to outline the criteria for transplantation in HIV-positive patients as recommended by the Immunocompromised Host Committee of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo.

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