First viral replication of Covid-19 identified in the peritoneal dialysis fluid of a symptomatic patient
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nouvier, Mathilde; Chalençon, Elodie; Novel-Catin, Etienne; Pelletier, Solenne; Hallonet, Patrick; Charre, Caroline; Koppe, Laetitia; Fouque, Denis
- Source
- Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2020)
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
viruses
COVID-19
Urine
Disease
Gastroenterology
RC31-1245
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Virus
Peritoneal dialysis
dialysate
Viral replication
peritoneal dialysis
Internal medicine
SARS-CoV2
medicine
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Respiratory system
business
Tropism
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2607-9917
The COVID-19 pandemic is characterized by a disease with mainly respiratory tropism and varying severity. Viral excretion of COVID-19 has been described in both urine and stool with the risk of contamination by stool. No viral replication in the peritoneal dialysis fluid has been reported to date. We report an observation demonstrating the presence of the virus in the peritoneal dialysis drainage fluid of a COVID-19 patient. This underlines the importance in COVID-19 patients of considering dialysis fluid as a possible source of contamination.
Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile, Vol 3 No 1 (2020): Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile