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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-9
pubmed:abstractText
The transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through transplantation of human tissues and organs is rare but not impossible. A 27-year-old Bulgarian woman received a kidney transplant from a cadaveric donor owing to chronic renal failure due to glomerulonephritis of unknown etiology. Five days after the donation, the tissues showed HIV-1 infection, so she was immediately initiated on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with lopinavir/ritonavir, zidovudine, enfuvirtide, and lamivudine. Subsequently, according to the genotypic test which revealed a complex resistance pattern of the HIV-1, we changed the regimen to darunavir/ritonavir, etravirine, lamivudine, and enfuvirtide. The HIV-1 genome (550 UI/mL), which was detected at 5 days after transplantation, rapidly declined to undetectable levels at 3 weeks after HAART. The CD4+ T-cell nadir was 432 cells/microL (40%) to 1,400 cells/microL after 2 years. The posttransplantation course was complicated by cytomegalovirus pneumonia. At 32 months after transplantation, the patient had experienced hypertension with secondary retinopathy, bilateral cataracts, diabetes, hypothyroidism, osteoporosis with multiple vertebral fractures, a hip prosthesis, and a bone infarction of the femur. Major management problems had been related to steroid and HAART treatment side effects. Therapeutic interactions between the immunosuppressants and the antiretroviral drugs were complex for management, requiring frequent checks of drug levels and dose-adjustments. We finally obtained a stable clinical and viroimmunologic condition. The transmission of multiresistant strains of HIV from unknown patients requires complex multidisciplinary management.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1873-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2267-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Anti-HIV Agents, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Cadaver, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Cataract Extraction, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Femur, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Fractures, Bone, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Ganciclovir, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Kidney Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Tissue Donors, pubmed-meshheading:20692460-Viral Load
pubmed:articleTitle
Case report: HIV infection from a kidney transplant.
pubmed:affiliation
Infectious Disease Department, Careggi University and Hospital, Firenze, Italy. beatrice.borchi@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports