id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-304574-03s404s5 Luciani, Lorenzo G. Re: Jan-Niclas Mumm, Andreas Osterman, Michael Ruzicka, et al. Urinary Frequency as a Possible Overlooked Symptom in COVID-19 Patients: Does SARS-CoV-2 Cause Viral Cystitis? Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2020.05.013: Severe Involvement of the Urinary Tract During COVID-19 Infection 2020-06-12 .txt text/plain 174 25 67 key: cord-304574-03s404s5 authors: Luciani, Lorenzo G.; Gallo, Fabrizio; Malossini, Gianni title: Re: Jan-Niclas Mumm, Andreas Osterman, Michael Ruzicka, et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2020.05.013: Severe Involvement of the Urinary Tract During COVID-19 Infection journal: Eur Urol DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.06.006 cord_uid: 03s404s5 Mumm et al [1] reported that urinary frequency might be a symptom of SARS-CoV-2. This assumption is based on the finding that the bladder urothelium, as well as the kidney, harbors cells expressing ACE2, the receptor for the viral spike protein [2,3]. Our experience appears to confirm their suspicion, further suggesting that the urinary tract may become the target of life-threatening involvement by SARS-CoV-2. We report three cases of gross hematuria admitted to two hospitals in Northern Italy between The authors have nothing to disclose. Urinary frequency as a possible overlooked symptom in COVID-19 patients: does SARS-CoV-2 cause viral cystitis? Urinary frequency as a possible overlooked symptom in COVID-19 patients: does SARS-CoV-2 cause viral cystitis? Eur Urol Eur Urol ./cache/cord-304574-03s404s5.txt ./txt/cord-304574-03s404s5.txt