HIV/AIDS

Research from Ghent University reveals new findings on HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 6th, 2007

"We report the case of a 54-year old man with decompensated alcoholic liver cirrhosis and HIV infection who underwent liver transplantation (LT). Due to relatively well preserved cellular immunity until 2003, no antiretroviral therapy (HAART) needed to be instituted," scientists in Ghent, Belgium report.

"However, deterioration of his clinical state indicated LT. At that time, the viral load was of 4.84 Log and the CD4 count was more than 250 cells/mm(3). The posttransplant course was complicated by several infection episodes and one episode of acute cellular rejection grade 2. HAART consisted of Lamivudine, Stavudine, Lopinavir and Ritonavir. One week after beginning...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-08-06)

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