Nickan Research Institute Journal of Renal Injury Prevention 2345-2781 9 3 2020 09 01 COVID-19 and acute kidney injury; a case report e26 e26 10.34172/jrip.2020.26 EN Hassan Ghobadi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7480-5651 Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7709-5392 Jafar Mohammad-Shahi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-4118 Ziyad Ben Taleb https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6894-5535 Abbas Ebrahimi Kalan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-6754 Mehdi Fazlzadeh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-6025 Journal Article 10.34172/jrip.2020.26 2020 05 09 2020 05 15 Although there is no definitive evidence that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects the kidneys adversely, amongst those who develop severe COVID-19 infection and require hospitalization, acute kidney injury (AKI) was reported. Here, we report the clinical outcome associated with AKI in a 32-year-old man with confirmed COVID-19 infection with no prior history of renal malfunction. The AKI was identified during intensive care unit (ICU) course with the median creatinine and blood urea nitrogen values of 3.1 mg/dL (normal value: 0.6-1.2 mg/dL) and 145 mg/dL (normal value:15-45 mg/dL), respectively. Renal function of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection needs to be monitored regularly to intervene as early as possible and to prevent the development of AKI and further kidney complications.