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

Crit Care. 2020 Sep 29;24(1):587. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03302-w.

Robert Frithiof¹, Anders Bergqvist^{2

3}, Josef D Järhult⁴, Miklos Lipcsey^{5

6}, Michael Hultström^{5

7}

¹ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. robert.frithiof@surgsci.uu.se.
² Clinical Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
³ Clinical Microbiology and Hospital Infection Control, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁴ Zoonosis Science Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁵ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁶ Hedenstierna Laboratory, CIRRUS, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁷ Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

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Keywords: Acute kidney injury; COVID-19; Critical illness; SARS-CoV-2; Urine.

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