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Volume 348:2279-2281 June 5, 2003 Number 23 Next

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Until recently, patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had organ failure were not routinely evaluated for transplantation. The poor prognosis for persons with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) early in the HIV epidemic led to their exclusion from organ-transplant waiting lists that were overflowing with patients who were expected to live much longer. The few patients with unrecognized HIV infection who received a transplant had a variable course, often characterized by rapid progression of HIV disease. Furthermore, there was an understandable fear of transmission of HIV to health care workers during invasive procedures.

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From the AIDS Division, Positive Health Program, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco.

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