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Letter regarding "SARS-CoV-2 in the peritoneal waste in a patient treated with peritoneal dialysis"

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Candellier, Alexandre [UCL] Goffin, Eric [UCL]

(eng) To the editor: We read with interest the letter from Vischini et al. about the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the peritoneal effluent of a peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient.1 Coronavirus transmission occurs primarily via respiratory droplets, and it has been found inconsistently in body secretions and excretions.2 SARS-CoV-2 virion is 60–140 nanometers and could theoretically enter the peritoneal cavity via hematogenous diffusion or through the PD catheter after touch contamination. [...]

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Lettre à l'éditeur
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2020
Language Anglais
Journal information "Kidney international" - Vol. 98, no. 2, p. 512 (2020)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Elsevier ((United States) New York, NY)
issn 0085-2538
e-issn 1523-1755
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC/NEFR - Pôle de Néphrologie
UCL - (SLuc) Service de néphrologie
MESH Subject Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Pneumonia, Viral ; SARS-CoV-2
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Bibliographic reference Candellier, Alexandre ; Goffin, Eric. Letter regarding "SARS-CoV-2 in the peritoneal waste in a patient treated with peritoneal dialysis". In: Kidney international, Vol. 98, no. 2, p. 512 (2020)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/242364