人体免疫缺陷病毒和C型肝炎病毒的器官捐赠者:扩大捐赠者池

Jordan Salas1, Kaitlyn Storm2, Christine M Durand2

  • 1Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2000 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, USA.

概括

使用来自可治疗感染的捐赠者的器官,如艾滋病毒和C型肝炎病毒 (HCV),可以改善器官移植. 虽然HIV移植显示出希望,但障碍仍然存在;HCV移植提供了卓越的结果,并减少了所有接受者的等待时间.

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