Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in urine is rare and not associated with acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Abstract

Urinary viral secretion was not associated with mortality or severity of disease as estimated by Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3 (SAPS3) on admission, length of stay in the ICU, the need for invasive ventilation, or renal replacement therapy (Table 1). [...]the low concentration of viral RNA in a limited number of patients prevents definitive conclusions regarding mechanisms of viral urinary secretion. Mortality rate of acute kidney injury in SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rights and permissions Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. Mortality rate of acute kidney injury in SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.