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5-Year Survival High for HIV+ to HIV+ Kidney Transplant Study following kidney transplants from donors with HIV infection in South Africa to HIV positive recipients shows high rates of 5-year overall and graft survival.
Medscape Medical News, October 4, 2019
Guideline Recommends Direct-acting Antivirals for HCV in People With Kidney Disease Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and infected individuals should be treated with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy, according to the updated 2018 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical-practice guideline.
Reuters Health Information, September 25, 2019

Trump Should Get Kudos for Looking at Kidney Dialysis, Transplant Dr Art Caplan discusses President Trump's ideas regarding re-examination of dialysis and kidney transplant in the US, and the need to improve access to immunosuppressive drugs post-transplant.
Medscape Business of Medicine, August 30, 2019
Study Underscores Need for Long-term Follow-up After AKI Focusing on eGFR alone may underestimate long-term kidney damage in some patients with AKI, concludes Dr Nisha Bansal in reviewing a new study.
Medscape Nephrology, August 30, 2019