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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
recently reported a successful kidney transplant between two HIV- infected
individuals a few months ago. According to the report, this surgery was the
first of its kind between two living HIV-infected patients.
The patient had been on dialysis for
two years and the living donor was his wife. She has now resumed work and is
functioning normally. Both individuals are under close observation to make sure
their kidney function and immune systems are working well.
The hospital commented that the
procedure is complicated because of the need to change the patients’ drugs to
improve the chances of the surgery’s success as well as prevent interactions
between anti-rejection drugs and HIV treatment medications.
According to Dr. Roni Baruch, head
of Sourasky’s transplant clinic, transplant organs from HIV-infected
individuals have not been used before except in South Africa, where organ
transplants from brain-dead individuals have been successful. The doctors noted
that South Africa’s success rate of transplants in HIV-infected persons is
almost equal to that of uninfected individuals.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus.
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