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Secretion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in urine

S. Brönimann, K. Rebhan, U. Lemberger, V. Misrai, S. Shariat, B. Pradere,
2021

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Despite the plethora of publications discussing the severe respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), evidence of viral secretion in urine is sparse. RECENT FINDINGS: We could identify 34 publications including a total of 2172 patients. Among those, 549 patients were tested for SARS-CoV-2 secretion in urine, which was detected in only 38 patients (6.9%). Within the seven studies displaying positive results, the majority of positive patients (86.8%) was from not yet peer-reviewed studies including weak data and heterogeneous techniques for sample testing. Furthermore, none of the studies available in the literature addressed the virulence of detected viral RNA in urine. SUMMARY: Overall, only seven studies were able to detect SARS-CoV-2 secretion in urine, all of them with a considerably low rate of positivity. However, these studies were of rather low quality considering their methodology. Despite this, as SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in urine, it is of importance to discuss safety and urinary hygiene protocols. Until further research provides valid data on viral shedding and virulence in urine, potential risk of transmission through urine cannot be ruled out. Therefore, safety and hygiene measures need to be discussed.

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  • S. Brönimann
    Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of ViennaVienna, Austria
  • K. Rebhan
    Department of Urology, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
  • U. Lemberger
    Departments of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical CollegeNY
  • V. Misrai
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, United States
  • S. Shariat
    Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  • B. Pradere
    Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityMoscow, Russian Federation
Название журнала
  • Current opinion in urology
Том
  • 30
Выпуск
  • 5
Страницы
  • 735-739
Ключевые слова
  • Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus infection; human; isolation and purification; pandemic; urine; virus pneumonia; virus shedding; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Humans; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Virus Shedding
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  • NLM (Medline)
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  • Review
Тип лицензии Creative Commons
  • CC
Правовой статус документа
  • Свободная лицензия
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  • scopus