Testicular pain associated with clear fluid meningitis: How many cases of Toscana virus are we missing?
•Testicular pain is uncommonly associated with TOSV meningitis.•Around 50% of aseptic meningitis cases are considered as without etiologies.•A whole body examination is the key element in medical practice. Toscana virus (TOSV) is a common cause of meningitis in Mediterranean area. However, rare publ...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020-04, Vol.93, p.198-200 |
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Zusammenfassung: | •Testicular pain is uncommonly associated with TOSV meningitis.•Around 50% of aseptic meningitis cases are considered as without etiologies.•A whole body examination is the key element in medical practice.
Toscana virus (TOSV) is a common cause of meningitis in Mediterranean area. However, rare publications reported extra-meningeal signs. We report the third case of testicular pain associated with TOSV meningitis despite the fact that there is no evidence of semen involvement in other well-known arboviruses, except in Zika virus. |
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ISSN: | 1201-9712 1878-3511 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.008 |