In-vitro renal epithelial cell infection reveals a viral kidney tropism as a potential mechanism for acute renal failure during Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus infection

Table 1 MERS-CoV patients with explicit reports on presence or absence of acute renal failure (ARF)

Nr.	Patient	Country	Onset of illness	ARF	Onset ARF	ARF on day of illness	Outcome	Reference
1	25 y m	Jordan	Apr 12, day nd	Yes	nd	nd	Fatal	[7]
2	60 y m	Saudi Arabia	7 Jun 12	Yes	16 Jun 12	10	Fatal	[2]
3	49 y m	UK ex Qatar	3 Sep 12	Yes	14 Sep 12	12	Fatal	[15]
4	45 y m	Saudi Arabia	Nov 12, day nd	Yes	nd	nd	Recovered	[7]
5	45 y m	Germany ex Qatar	5 Oct 12	Yes	nd	nd	Recovered	[14]
6	70 y m	Saudi Arabia	5 Oct 12	Yes	16 Oct 12	12	Fatal	[3]
7	39 y m	Saudi Arabia	24 Oct 12	No	-		Fatal	[3]
8	16 y m	Saudi Arabia	3 Nov 12	No	-		Recovered	[3]
9	31 y m	Saudi Arabia	4 Nov 12	No	-		Recovered	[3]
10	64 y m	France ex Saudi Arabia	22 Apr 13	Yes	30 Apr 13	9	Fatal	[6]
11	51 y m	France	8 May 13	Yes	14 May 13	7	Recovered	[6]
12	73 y m	Germany ex Saudi Arabia	8 Mar 13	Yes	22 Mar 13	12	Fatal	[5]

ISSN: 1743-422X