Hepatitis C-positive donor to negative recipient kidney transplantation: A real-world experience.
Nicholas JandovitzVinay NairElliot GrodsteinErnesto MolmentiAhmed FahmyMersema AbateMadhu BhaskaranLewis TepermanPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)
HCV NAT-negative recipients can be safely and successfully transplanted with HCV NAT-positive donor kidneys outside of a research protocol. Access to DAA and timely administration of therapy is important and an insurance approval process within the transplant center can be beneficial to patients. A case of mixed-genotype infection was presented, and although not as common, can be successfully treated. HCV organs can expand the organ pool and should no longer be considered experimental. The use of these organs in HCV-negative recipient's decreases waiting time, have excellent outcomes, and should be considered standard of care.
Keyphrases
- hepatitis c virus
- kidney transplantation
- human immunodeficiency virus
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- randomized controlled trial
- palliative care
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- health insurance
- skeletal muscle
- hiv infected
- patient reported
- antiretroviral therapy
- glycemic control