Renal transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive children

• Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 541 - 548
• Main Authors: McCulloch, Mignon I., Kala, Udai K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adults; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; Child; Health aspects; HIV; HIV seropositivity; HIV Seropositivity - complications; HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis; HIV-1 - immunology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immune system; Immunosuppression - methods; Infections; Kidney diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic - surgery; Kidney Transplantation; Kidney transplants; Kidneys; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multidisciplinary teams; Nephrology; Pediatrics; Review; Transplantation; Urogenital system; Urology; Viral Load; South Africa; United States > US; Africa; Immunosuppression; Paediatric HIV-infected renal transplantation; Acute kidney injury; HAART

Renal transplantation is being performed in adult human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients and increasingly in paediatric patients as well. A multidisciplinary team involving an infectious disease professional is required to assist with HIV viral-load monitoring and in choosing the most...