Pros and cons of liver transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus infected recipients

Table 1 Inclusion criteria for liver transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus - positive patients

Absolute CD4 T cell count above 200 cells/mmc, if history of opportunistic infections or AIDS-defining malignancies	Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, chronic intestinal cryptosporidiosis (> 1 mo duration)
Absolute CD4 T cell count above 100 cells/mmc if absence of previous documented opportunistic infections	Lymphoma or other neoplasms, unless an adequate disease-free period is documented
Undetectable HIV-RNA in blood for patients on C-ART; if not on C-ART, previous documentation of efficacious therapy or genotypic/phenotypic resistance test documenting available post-LT C-ART options
No active (< 1 yr) opportunistic infections, no wasting syndrome or severe malnutrition
Compliance to therapies and to follow-up visits

LT: Liver transplantation; C-ART: Combined antiretroviral therapy; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.