Renal transplantation in a HIV positive patient

A Mann; P Soundararajan; S Shroff

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.57110

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CASE REPORT

Year : 2009 | Volume : 19 | Issue : 3 | Page : 119-121

Renal transplantation in a HIV positive patient

A Mann, P Soundararajan, S Shroff
Department of Nephrology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai, India

Correspondence Address:
A Mann
Department of Nephrology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research, Institute, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.57110

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.

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