A Review of the Impact of Covid-19 on the Male Genito-Urinary Tract

作     者：Georgios Kallinikas James N. Tsoporis Diomidis Kozyrakis Anastasios Zarkadas Vasileios Konstantinopoulos Dimitrios Bozios Despoina Mitiliniou Konstantinos Safioleas Panagiotis Filios Athanasios Filios Evangelos Rodinos Gerasimos Vlassopoulos Ioannis Gerzelis Georgios Kallinikas;James N. Tsoporis;Diomidis Kozyrakis;Anastasios Zarkadas;Vasileios Konstantinopoulos;Dimitrios Bozios;Despoina Mitiliniou;Konstantinos Safioleas;Panagiotis Filios;Athanasios Filios;Evangelos Rodinos;Gerasimos Vlassopoulos;Ioannis Gerzelis

作者机构：Department of Urology Konstantopouleion-Patesion Hospital Nea Ionia Athens Greece Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science Unity Health Toronto Ontario Canada 

出 版 物：《Case Reports in Clinical Medicine》 (临床医学病理报告（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第12卷第6期

页      面：149-158页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Covid-19 SARS-Co2 Urinary Tract Male Subfertility 

摘      要：Introduction and Objectives: Since its advent in 2019, Corona Virus Disease 19 (Covid-19) has changed everyday life in many unprecedented ways. With the availability of Covid-19 vaccines, clinical practice has stepped gradually towards its everyday routine. The clinician, however, needs to address such concerns as “Can Covid-19 present with urinary tract symptoms predominantly?, “Can the urinary tract develop long-term Covid-19 symptoms?, “Can Covid-19 vaccines/drug therapy cause male infertility? Methods: This mini-review of the current literature has been carried out by searching the Pubmed database. Results and Conclusions: Our literature review suggests that there is insufficient evidence to conclude a significant impact on the urinary tract from Covid-19 infection. There is supporting evidence that mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are safe for male gonads. Research to further support these conclusions is required.