Gokool, Suzanne

Fabian, June

Venter, W D Francois

MacPhail, Catherine

Naicker, Saraladevi

2010

In South Africa, an estimated 30% of the cadaveric donor pool is HIV-infected; in consequence, these organs are discarded. An under-supply of donor organs combined with limited resources tends to exclude HIV-positive patients from renal replacement programmes. We evaluated the acceptance of using HIV-positive donor kidneys for transplantation into HIV-infected recipients, and found that the vast majority (90% of health care workers and 80% of patients, N = 20 and 80, respectively) found this approach acceptable for expanding the organ donor pool, which indicates broad patient and health care worker support for using HIV-infected donor kidneys.

South African Medical Journal, 100(2), p. 96-98

2078-5135

0256-9574

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15636

en

Health and Medical Publishing Group

HIV-positive kidney transplants for HIV-positive individuals: Attitudes and concerns of South African patients and health care workers

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