Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide spread pandemic that mostly affects the respiratory system. The viral agent of COVID-19 infection is the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which results from subclinical infection to multi-organ failure. According to a recent report patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at high risk of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). There is currently a discussion regarding how COVID-19 affects kidneys, with contradictory assertions about the method. The current article summarizes the most recent reports and studies on COVID-19 infection in the kidney.

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