Survival after renal transplant is similar between HIV-infected and -uninfected individuals, although rates of graft loss may be higher among HIV-infected patients.
Kidney disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected patients. Only recently, however, did such patients become eligible to receive renal transplants for treatment of end-stage renal disease. Now, using data from a national registry, investigators have compared outcomes of primary renal transplant in 100 HIV-infected patients and 36,492 HIV-uninfected patients.
One-year survival rates did not differ significantly between HIV-infected and -uninfected patients (95% and 96%, respectively). However, the 1-year graft survival rate was significantly lower in the HIV-infected group (88% vs. 95%), even after adjustment for factors associated with graft loss. Several factors could have contributed to this lower rate, includ…
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