Urinary Frequency as a Possibly Overlooked Symptom in COVID-19 Patients: Does SARS-CoV-2 Cause Viral Cystitis?

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a challenge for physicians in triaging patients in emergency rooms. We found a potentially dangerous overlap of classical urinary symptoms and the as yet not fully described symptoms of COVID-19. After a patient was primarily triaged as a u...

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Autores principales: Mumm, Jan-Niclas, Osterman, Andreas, Ruzicka, Michael, Stihl, Clemens, Vilsmaier, Theresa, Munker, Dieter, Khatamzas, Elham, Giessen-Jung, Clemens, Stief, Christian, Staehler, Michael, Rodler, Severin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Association of Urology. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32475747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2020.05.013
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Sumario:The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a challenge for physicians in triaging patients in emergency rooms. We found a potentially dangerous overlap of classical urinary symptoms and the as yet not fully described symptoms of COVID-19. After a patient was primarily triaged as a urosepsis case and then subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19, we focused on an increase in urinary frequency as a symptom of COVID-19 and identified this in seven males out of 57 patients currently being treated in our COVID-19 wards. In the absence of any other causes, urinary frequency may be secondary to viral cystitis due to underlying COVID-19 disease. We propose consideration of urinary frequency as an anamnestic tool in patients with infective symptoms to increase awareness among urologists during the current COVID-19 pandemic to prevent fatal implications of misinterpreting urological symptoms.

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