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

Authors

  • Lígia Camera Pierrotti Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Divisao de Molestias Infecciosas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0216-3028
  • Nadia Litvinov Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos
  • Silvia Figueiredo Costa Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-752X
  • Luiz Sérgio Fonseca de Azevedo Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos
  • Tânia Mara Varejão Strabelli Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1955-1008
  • Silvia Vidal Campos Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3297-5948
  • Fatuma Catherine Atieno Odongo Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Divisao de Molestias Infecciosas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9300-868X
  • Jose Otto Reusing-Junior Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Servico de Transplante Renal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9860-5339
  • Alice Tung Wan Song Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Departamento de Gastroenterologia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-9326
  • Max Igor Banks Ferreira Lopes Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Divisao de Molestias Infecciosas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4107-5781
  • Marjorie Vieira Batista Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Divisao de Molestias Infecciosas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0717-0873
  • Marta Heloisa Lopes Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5236-6248
  • Natalya Zaidan Maluf Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5718-3555
  • Helío Helh CaiaffaFilho Helh Caiaffa-Filho Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6048-4527
  • Maura Salarolli de Oliveira Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos
  • Heloisa Helena de Sousa Marques Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1340-0463
  • Edson Abdala Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clinicas, Subcomite de Infeccao em Imunodeprimidos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-6654

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2019/e941

Keywords:

HIV, TRANSPL, Immunossupression

Abstract

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 HIVpositive patients at our hospital, the aim of the present article is to outline the criteria for transplantation in HIVpositive patients as recommended by the Immunocompromised Host Committee of the Hospital das Clı´nicas of the University of Sa˜o Paulo.

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Published

2019-05-14

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Review Articles

How to Cite

A Brazilian university hospital position regarding transplantation criteria for HIV-positive patients according to the current literature. (2019). Clinics, 74, e941. https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2019/e941