“…In the international literature, survival of HIV-positive patients receiving chronic haemodialysis in various cohorts in the USA ranged from 74% at 1 year to 30% at 2 years. [2,4] In Europe, 1-and 2-year survival rates were 93.8% and 89.4%, respectively, with the strongest predictors of survival being CD4 counts >200 cells/µl and serum albumin >30 g/L, [2,5] which are comparable to the CD4 counts and serum albumin levels in the patients in our study. Our HIV-positive patients did have in creased rates of infection.…”