Résumé
The pandemic of respiratory disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is life-threatening in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. In PD patients with systemic viral infections, peritoneal effluent may be theoretically contaminated. We searched for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material by real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction assays in serial PD effluents of three PD infected patients. Nasopharyngeal swabs obtained at admission showed high viral load in all three patients, whereas none of the PD effluent specimen tested positive, even after dialysate concentration. Those results support at most a very low SARS-CoV-2 dissemination risk by the peritoneal effluent of PD patients. Imposing special disposal procedures, such as the instillation of hypochlorite in the drainage bags to prevent viral spread to health-care workers, are probably not required.
| langue originale | Anglais |
|---|---|
| Pages (de - à) | 499-503 |
| Nombre de pages | 5 |
| journal | Peritoneal Dialysis International |
| Volume | 40 |
| Numéro de publication | 5 |
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| Etat de la publication | Publié - 1 sept. 2020 |
Financement
The authors thank all the medical, nursing, and technical staff from Dialyse extra-hospitalière, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels. They particularly thank Professor Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos (Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium) for his implication in PCR assays, Professor Antoine Froidure (Division of Pneumology) for his dedicated care of their dialysis patients, and Dr Arnaud Devresse for fruitful discussions. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
SDG des Nations Unies
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