Transplantation in HIV⁺ patients

Tzakis, AG and Cooper, MH and Dummer, JS and Ragni, M and Ward, JW and Starzl, TE (1990) Transplantation in HIV⁺ patients. Transplantation, 49 (2). 354 - 358. ISSN 0041-1337

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Abstract

Twenty-five whole-organ recipients treated from 1981 through September 1988 were HIV carriers. Eleven were infected before transplantation, although this was not known until later in 8 recipients. The other 14 were infected perioperatively. Ten of the 25 recipients were infants or children. The organs transplanted were the liver (n = 15), and the heart or kidney (n = 5, each). After a mean follow-up of 2.75 years (range, 0.7- 6.6 years), 13 recipients are alive. Survival is 7/15, 2/ 5, and 4/5 of the liver, heart, and kidney recipients, respectively. The best results were in the pediatric group (70% survival) in which only 1 of 10 patients died of AIDS. In contrast, AIDS caused the death of 5 of 15 adult recipients and was the leading cause of death. Transplantation plus immunosuppression appeared to shorten the AIDS-free time in HIV+ patients as compared to nontransplant hemophiliac and transfusion control groups. Accrual of HIV+ transplant recipients has slowed markedly since the systematic screening of donors, recipients, and blood products was begun in 1985. © 1990 by Williams & Wilkins.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Tzakis, AG Cooper, MH Dummer, JS Ragni, M Ward, JW Starzl, TE tes11@pitt.edu TES11
Centers:	Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Date:	1 January 1990
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Transplantation
Volume:	49
Number:	2
Page Range:	354 - 358
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1097/00007890-199002000-00025
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0041-1337
Other ID:	uls-drl:31735062110923, Starzl CV No. 1050
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2010 17:18
Last Modified:	22 Jun 2021 14:56
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4436

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