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SARS‐CoV‐2 infection affects the lower urinary tract and male genital system: A systematic review
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Virology
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- PubMed, Scopus, and ISI Web of Knowledge databases were searched to identify studies published up to December 2020 on the involvement of urinary and male genital systems in COVID-19. Sixteen studies involving a total of 575 patients (538 males and 37 females) were included in this systematic review. The COVID-19 phase was available for 479 patients: 426 in the acute and 53 in the recovery phase. De novo lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) were observed in 43 patients and deterioration of preexisting LUTS in 7. Bladder hemorrhage was observed in 3 patients and acute urinary retention in one. Regarding male genital system, scrotal discomfort was observed in 8 patients, swelling in 14, pain in 16, and erythema in one; low flow priapism was observed in 2 patients. Ultrasound examination identified acute orchitis in 10 patients, acute epididymitis in 7, and acute epididymo-orchitis in 16. A case-control study reported that patients with moderate COVID-19 show a significant reduction in sperm concertation, total number of sperms per ejaculate, progressive motility, and complete motility. Contrary to what known from the first studies on the subject, this review also including subsequent studies give evidence of an involvement of lower urinary tract and male genital system in COVID-19. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Erythema
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Urinary system
Coronaviru
coronavirus
Genitalia, Male
SARS‐CoV‐2
System a
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
COVID‐19
Disease control
Lower urinary tract symptoms
Virology
Internal medicine
Humans
Medicine
Sex organ
030212 general & internal medicine
Research Articles
Urinary tract
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Urinary retention
COVID-19
Genital tract
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
medicine.symptom
Infection
business
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10969071 and 01466615
- Volume :
- 93
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Virology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....728a2a28141879ebce249c999a40b18f