title: Lack of graft rejection in a renal transplant recipient with AIDS.
abstract: A renal transplant recipient developed evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and severe opportunistic infection 44 months after transplantation. A strikingly reduced dosage of pharmacologic immunosuppression was required to maintain renal graft function. This may be the result of impaired helper T-cell function associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gootenberg
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Vetro
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bellanti
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D000328:Adult; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D065227:Transfusion Reaction