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. 2021 Mar 6;406(4):1007–1014. doi: 10.1007/s00423-021-02142-8

Table 2.

Results of SARS-COV-2 testing of various tissues across the included studies

Samples Study
Positive Negative
Abdominal tissues Small bowel (16) N/A
Appendix (29) (16)
Gallbladder/liver N/A (16, 17)
Omentum N/A (16)
Abdominal fluids Bile (18, 28, 31) (15, 16, 17
Peritoneal fluid (22, 25) (14, 17, 20, 23, 24, 30)
Peritoneal dialysate (21) (26, 27)
Ascitic fluid (19, 32) N/A
Surgical smoke N/A (23)