Articles tagged "HIV virus"

2020 American Transplant Congress
HIV+ Living Kidney Donors in the United States: Cases and a Clinical Paradigm
D. Segev¹, C. Wolfe², D. Brown³, D. Fine³, K. Neumann⁴, N. Martinez⁵, D. Ostrander³, F. Al Ammary³, A. Tobian³, A. W. Baker⁶, C. Durand³
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Unaffiliated, N/A, VA, ⁵Unaffiliated, N/A, GA, ⁶Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To report clinical characteristics and outcomes of two people living with HIV who underwent laparoscopic donor nephrectomy*Methods: To facilitate donor selection, we first conducted…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Willingness to Accept and Beliefs Regarding Organs from HIV-Infected Donors: A Multi-Center Survey of Transplant Candidates Living with HIV
S. Rasmussen¹, S. Seaman¹, M. Bowring¹, D. Brown¹, A. Massie¹, A. Tobian¹, M. Henderson¹, F. Fletcher², B. Smith², A. Chao³, N. Gorupati³, K. Prakash⁴, S. Aslam⁴, D. Lee⁵, S. Trinh⁶, V. Kirchner⁷, T. Pruett⁷, G. Haidar⁸, K. Hughes⁸, M. Malinis⁹, D. Segev¹, J. Sugarman¹, C. Durand¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²UAB, Birmingham, AL, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁵Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, ⁷UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Yale, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: HIV-infected (HIV+) donor to HIV+ recipient (HIV D+/R+) transplantation might improve access to transplantation for candidates living with HIV. However, it is unclear whether…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Hiv-Positive Patients Post-Cardiac Transplantation
G. S. Liu¹, A. M. Wolfson², A. D. Salimbangon³, R. R. Chand⁴, P. Banankhah¹, J. Nattiv¹, P. A. Genyk¹, P. A. Kingsford¹, J. P. Li¹, D. Vucicevic⁵, K. Pandya¹, J. Rahman¹, M. Fong¹, E. C. DePasquale¹, A. S. Vaidya¹
¹Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ, ³UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Newark Beth-Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ
*Purpose: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is no longer an absolute contraindication to heart transplantation (HT) in many HT centers, but long-term post-HT outcomes of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Outcomes Over the Past 13 Years in HIV Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients-A Single Center Experience
A. Mattiazzi¹, J. F. Camargo², S. Anjan², M. I. Morris², L. Abbo², J. Simkins², Y. Natori², K. Aoke³, A. Zilli³, R. Thurston³, M. Muldoon³, L. Preczewski³, L. J. Chen⁴, G. W. Burke⁴, G. Ciancio⁴, G. Guerra¹
¹Medicine. Division of Nephrology, University of Miami/Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL, ²Medine. Division of Infectious Disease, University of Miami/Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL, ³Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL, ⁴Surgery, University of Miami/Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation in HIV positive recipients (HIV+) is the treatment of choice for renal failure in patients (P) who maintain CD4+ counts ≥ 200/mm3and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Early Steroid Withdrawal in HIV+ Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Increased Acute Rejection by 1 Year
W. A. Werbel¹, S. Bae², S. Yu³, F. Al-Ammary⁴, C. M. Durand¹, D. L. Segev³
¹Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation among HIV+ recipients (HIV+ KT) is increasing, with excellent outcomes. Acute rejection (AR), however, is 2-3-fold more common than in HIV- KT.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Successful Kidney Transplantation from Hepatitis C NAT Positive Deceased Donor to an HIV Positive Recipient with Previous History of Treated HCV Infection
R. H. Naik, S. Shawar, H. Schaefer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Due to a shortage of deceased donor kidney organs, increased waiting times have been associated with adverse outcomes post kidney transplantation. The recent breakthrough…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Protease Inhibitor-Based Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability in HIV+ Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. H. Cooper, I. E. Dunne, S. A. Kuten, A. E. Cantwell, E. A. Graviss, D. T. Nguyen, M. J. Hobeika, A. O. Gaber
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: High tacrolimus (FK) intra-patient variability (IPV) has been associated with inferior outcomes in solid organ transplantation. HIV+ transplant recipients have been shown to experience…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Induction Therapy on Absolute CD4 Count and CD4 Percentage in HIV Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. A. Kuten¹, I. E. Dunne¹, A. E. Cantwell¹, M. J. Hobeika², S. G. Yi², W. Musick¹, R. J. Knight², A. O. Gaber²
¹Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induction causes profound and long-lasting lymphocyte depletion, with CD4+ reconstitution lagging behind other subsets. While absolute CD4 count is the preferred…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Biopsies In Hiv-negative To Hiv-positive Kidney Transplants – An Institutional Experience
V. Walavalkar¹, A. Zarinsefat², A. Urisman¹, D. Dobi¹, J. Vasquez³, P. Stock², Z. Laszik¹
¹Pathology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ²Transplant Surgery, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Increased life expectancy in HIV+ patients has resulted in an increase in CKD leading to ESRD; and therefore renal transplantation in these individuals is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
National Landscape of Hope Act Transplant Candidates and Recipients in the United States
A. R. Wilk¹, R. Hunter², M. A. McBride², D. K. Klassen²
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, enacted on 11/21/13, allows for the transplantation of organs from HIV+ donors into HIV+ recipients in the…