Multivesicular bodies mimicking SARS-CoV-2 in patients without COVID-19

It is now well known that patients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) commonly have kidney complications, including acute kidney injury, proteinuria, and hematuria. Recent publications in Kidney International used electron microscopy (EM) to detect the virus in autopsy or biopsy specimens of the kidney.1,2 Most of the published images depicting the suspected virus are very similar, if not identical, to multivesicular bodies (MVBs).
Source: Kidney International - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research