Articles tagged "HIV virus"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Retransplantation Is Associated with Higher Mortality Risk Among HIV+ vs. HIV- Recipients.
B. Shelton,¹ S. Mehta,¹ D. Sawinski,² R. Reed,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ S. Gustafson,³ C. Durand,⁴ D. Segev,⁴ J. Locke.¹
¹School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Excellent outcomes have been demonstrated in HIV+ kidney transplant (KT) recipients, yet no study has explored outcomes among HIV+ reKT recipients.Methods: 4,683 adult reKT…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Lower Renal Graft Function and Accelerated Fibrosis in HIV-Infected Transplant Recipients with Previous HIVAN Compared to Non HIVAN HIV-Positive Transplant Recipients.
M.-N. Peraldi,¹ H. Ayari,¹ M. Burbach,¹ C. Randoux,² E. Pillebout,¹ N. De Castro,³ J.-M. Molina,³ D. Glotz.¹
¹Nephrologie et Transplantation, Hôpital Saint-Louis et Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France; ²Néphrologie, Hôpital Bichat et Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France; ³Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Saint-Louis et Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France.
Several studies reported reduced renal allograft survival rates among HIV-infected transplant recipients. Few data focus on histological lesions and their progression in renal grafts from…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Blocking Fc Receptor in Flow Cytometric Crossmatch: Refining an Old Assay to Improve Patient Management.
N. Brown, J. Wang, S. Marino.
Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: The crossmatch assay is used to determine sensitization of solid organ transplant recipients to donor-expressed HLA molecules, a potential contraindication to transplant. Multicolor flow…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impediments to Timely Listing for HIV+ Patients Being Evaluated for Kidney Transplantation.
D. Lee,¹ A. Aldea,¹ M. Harhay,² S. Akshay,² G. Malat,³ N. Law,¹ S. DeBellis,² T. Bias,¹ S. Boyle,² K. Ranganna,² A. Doyle.²
¹Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia; ²Division of Nephrology, Drexel University, Philadelphia; ³Department of Surgery, Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Introduction:HIV+ individuals can be transplanted safely and effectively but face additional barriers in evaluation and listing.MethodsWe performed a single center chart review of all HIV+…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Review of Organ Utilization from Increased Infectious Risk Donors.
A. L'Huillier,¹ A. Humar,² C. Payne,³ D. Kumar.²
¹Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ²Transplant Infectious Diseases and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; ³Trillium Gift of Life Network, Toronto, Canada.
IntroductionDonors with an increased risk of transmitting HIV, HBV or HCV (IRDs) are a potential source of organs. There is a lack of data on…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Country-Associated Geographical Variables in the Ouctomes of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with HIV-Infection.
M. Cristelli,¹ F. Cofán,² H. Tedesco-Silva,¹ J. Trullas,³ D. Santos,¹ C. Manzardo,⁴ F. Aguero,⁴ A. Moreno,⁴ F. Oppenheimer,² F. Dieckmann,¹ J. Miro,⁴ J. Medina-Pestana.¹
¹Hospital do Rim-UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil; ²Nephrology, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; ³Hospital de Olot, Girona, Spain; ⁴Infectology, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
Objective: To evaluate effects of geographical factors on demography, clinical management and evolution of two cohorts of HIV-infected KT recipients.Methods: Observational, retrospective cohort study including…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplantation from an HIV Positive Donor to Negative Recipients.
S.-N. Lin,¹ M.-K. Tsai,¹ C.-Y. Luo,² C.-Y. Lee,¹ R.-H. Hu,¹ J.-M. Lee,¹ H.-S. Lai.¹
¹Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Purpose:There are few case reports about outcomes of solid organ transplantation from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive donor to HIV-negative recipient. We would like to share…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Integrase Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Regimen on Outcomes in HIV + Renal Transplant Recipients
C. Kershaw, C. Rogers, M. Pavlakis, H. Tang, C. Alonso, K. Khwaja, A. Evenson, K. Raven, M. Wong.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
Renal transplant in HIV+ patients (pts) is complicated by high rates of acute rejection (AR). Protease inhibitors (PIs) and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) have…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Similar Outcomes Can Be Expected Among HIV (+) Kidney Transplant Recipients (HIV+ Tx) Vs. HIV (-) Kidney Transplant Recipients (HIV- Tx) Receiving Similar Immunosuppression Protocols
L. Panarey,¹ G. Malat,^2,3 A. Sharma,¹ K. Ranganna,¹ D. Reich,² G. Xiao,² A. Doyle.¹
¹Dept of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia; ²Dept of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia; ³Dept of Pharmacy, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Outcomes among HIV+ Tx continue to improve despite the established risk of rejection and calcineurin-nephrotoxicity. We sought to compare outcomes among HIV+ Tx vs. HIV-…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of HIV Infected Patients Waitlisted for Kidney Transplantation
N. Law,¹ A. Doyle,¹ A. Sharma,¹ G. Malat,² T. Bias,¹ K. Ranganna,¹ D. Lee.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; ²Department of Surgery, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
IntroductionKidney transplantation in HIV+ individuals has been associated with patient and graft survival rates that are comparable to those reported for HIV- populations. Despite this…