title: Kidney Disease and HIV Infection.
abstract: The risk of acute and chronic kidney disease remains higher in HIV-infected persons than in the general population, and kidney disease in HIV-infected persons is associated with poor outcomes, including increased mortality. HIV-associated nephropathy occurs less frequently in the era of antiretroviral therapy. HIV immune complex kidney disease is being diagnosed more frequently, but the term is currently used to refer to a heterogeneous group of kidney diseases. Comorbid chronic kidney disease poses a growing burden in HIV-infected persons due to an overrepresentation of risk factors such as black race, diabetes, hypertension, and coinfection with hepatitis C virus. Drug-induced kidney toxicity also remains a concern. This article summarizes a presentation by Christina M. Wyatt, MD, at the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clinical Care Conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in December 2015.
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wyatt
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015995:Prevalence