Testicular pain associated with clear fluid meningitis: How many cases of Toscana virus are we missing?

Hélène Mascitti; Ruxandra Calin; Aurélien Dinh; Sabrina Makhloufi; Benjamin Davido

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.008

Testicular pain associated with clear fluid meningitis: How many cases of Toscana virus are we missing?

Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Apr:93:198-200. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.008. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

Authors

Hélène Mascitti¹, Ruxandra Calin¹, Aurélien Dinh¹, Sabrina Makhloufi¹, Benjamin Davido²

Affiliations

¹ Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Île-de-France Ouest, AP-HP, Garches, F92380, France.
² Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Île-de-France Ouest, AP-HP, Garches, F92380, France. Electronic address: benjamin.davido@aphp.fr.

PMID: 32062059
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.008

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Meningitis; Testicular pain; Toscana virus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bunyaviridae Infections / diagnosis*
Bunyaviridae Infections / virology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Viral / virology
Pain
Sandfly fever Naples virus
Testis*