ABO-Incompatible living donor kidney transplant in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive woman

• Main Authors: Zaheer Amin Virani, Prashant Rajput, Vijay P Nandu, Bharat V Shah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Transplantation
• Subjects: ABO-incompatible living donor kidney transplant; human immunodeficiency virus positive; plasmapheresis
• Online Access: http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2018;volume=12;issue=1;spage=64;epage=66;aulast=Virani

With recent advances in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), renal transplantation is no longer considered a contraindication in properly selected HIV-positive patients. However, while doing transplant in an HIV-positive patient, one needs to keep in mind the interaction between HIV drugs and immunosuppressive drugs. Further, doing an ABO-incompatible (ABOi) transplant could be a challenge due to higher immunosuppression that can result from the desensitization, exacerbating HIV-related immune dysfunction. We report a case of successful living-related donor ABOi kidney transplant in an HIV-positive patient.