Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: prevalence, main characteristics, and outcomes in a Brazilian center.

Background: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) - immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has been rarely described in low- and middle-income countries.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of PML-IRIS among PLWHA with PML and its main features in a tertiary hospital in Brazil.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study.

Strategies to keep kidney transplant alive amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Objective: This study aims to describe the result of the strategies adopted to maintain the transplant program amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Since March 2020, several measures have been adopted sequentially, including the compulsory use of personal protective equipment and the real-time polymerase chain reaction testing of collaborators, symptomatic patients, potential deceased donors, candidates for recipients, and in-hospital readmissions, regardless of symptoms. The living-donor transplantation was restricted to exceptional cases.

Kidney transplantation in the time of COVID-19: Dilemmas, experiences, and perspectives.

Introduction: Hospital do Rim is a high-volume kidney transplant (KT) center located in São Paulo, a city with 12.2 million inhabitants. Over the last 18 years, we performed 11 436 KT, 70% of which from deceased donors.