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A Brazilian university hospital position regarding transplantation criteria for...
Pierrotti, Lígia Camera; Litvinov, Nadia; Costa, Silvia Figueiredo; Azevedo, Luiz Sérgio Fonseca de; Strabelli, Tânia Mara Varejão; Campos, Silvia VidalHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was considered a contraindication for solid organ transplantation (SOT) in the past. However, HIV management has improved since highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became available in 1996, and the long-term survival of patients living with HIV has led many transplant programs to reevaluate their policies regarding the exclusion of patients with HIV infectio...
Cytomegalovirus infection in transplant recipients
Azevedo, Luiz Sergio; Pierrotti, Lígia Camera; Abdala, Edson; Costa, Silvia Figueiredo; Strabelli, Tânia Mara Varejão; Campos, Silvia VidalCytomegalovirus infection is a frequent complication after transplantation. This infection occurs due to transmission from the transplanted organ, due to reactivation of latent infection, or after a primary infection in seronegative patients and can be defined as follows: latent infection, active infection, viral syndrome or invasive disease. This condition occurs mainly between 30 and 90 days after transplanta...