Renal transplantation in HIV patients: A series of four cases.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a patient with end-stage renal disease was considered a contraindication for renal transplantation till now despite the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy with the apprehension that immunosuppression would further jeopardize the already compromised immune status of the patients. Renal transplantation in HIV patients is rare in developing countries including ours. Here we report a series of four cases of renal transplantation in HIV patients.
['Agarwal|D K|DK|', 'Hota|J K|JK|', 'Nag|N|N|', 'Mehta|S N|SN|']
human immunodeficiency virus End-stage renal disease highly active antiretroviral therapy immunosuppression