Table 1.

Inclusion criteria for liver transplantation

NIH sponsored study in the USA[94]	1. No AIDS-related opportunistic infections
	2. CD4 counts should be > 100/mL for those without a history of opportunistic infection and > 200/mL for those with a history of opportunistic infection.
	3. HIV-RNA should be undetectable. In the event that an undetectable HIV viral load is not achievable as a result of drug-induced hepatotoxic, an HIV clinician should predict the ability to control the HIV virus post-transplantation.
Spanish criteria[41]	1. No opportunistic infections
	2. CD4 counts > 100/mL
	3. HIV-RNA should be undetectable or suppressible with antiretroviral therapy.
O’Grady[95]	1. Absence of AIDS-defining illness after immune reconstitution
	2. CD4 counts should be > 200/mL or > 100/mL in the presence of portal hypertension.
	3. Absence of HIV viremia
	4. Antiretroviral therapeutic options available if the HIV disease reactivates

AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.