First viral replication of Covid-19 identified in the peritoneal dialysis fluid of a symptomatic patient

First viral replication of Covid-19 identified in the peritoneal dialysis fluid of a symptomatic patient

Mathilde Nouvier, Elodie Chalençon, Etienne Novel-Catin, Solenne Pelletier, Patrick Hallonet, Caroline Charre, Laetitia Koppe, Denis Fouque

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.

2020

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Peritoneal Dialysis, Dialysate

DOI: 10.25796/bdd.v3i1.54503

Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile

RDPLF

Internal medicine

EN, FR