Urologe
Volume 58, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 1219-1230

Urological infections and migration [Urologische Infektionen und Migration] (Article)

Bausch K. , Kulchavenya E. , Wagenlehner F. , Bonkat G.*
  • a Department Urologie, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  • b Urogenital Department, Novosibirsk Research TB Institution, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
  • c Klinik für Urologie, Kinderurologie und Andrologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
  • d Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Merian Iselin Klinik, Centre of Biomechanics & Calorimetry, Alta Uro AG, Centralbahnplatz 6, Basel, 4051, Switzerland

Abstract

In the context of refugee migrations infectious diseases are being more frequently diagnosed, which the responsible physicians as well as urologists have never seen before. This is due to the poorer health and hygiene conditions in the country of origin, during the flight and in the refugee camps. In Europe increasing incidences of tuberculosis, schistosomiasis and scabies have recently been observed. Tuberculosis and schistosomiasis are often accompanied by unspecific symptoms or can resemble normally encountered urological diseases. Due to the highly contagious nature of scabies, a screening of new arrivals is recommended. A timely differential diagnostic inclusion of these disease patterns is enormously important. Despite the reduction in the numbers of asylum applications in Germany, a higher number of unregistered migrants is generally assumed, who also elude the healthcare system and can therefore contribute to the spread of these rare infectious diseases. © 2019, Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Flight tuberculosis Schistosomiasis Scabies Differential diagnosis

Index Keywords

Germany differential diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential refugee mass screening Reproductive Tract Infections urinary tract infection genital tract infection human Refugees procedures hygiene Humans migrant tuberculosis Incidence Article scabies schistosomiasis migration urogenital tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Urogenital Urinary Tract Infections health care system Transients and Migrants
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074195122&doi=10.1007%2fs00120-019-01040-8&partnerID=40&md5=619b4b80e953ef5ac356e4c1e52b08b3
DOI: 10.1007/s00120-019-01040-8
ISSN: 03402592
Original Language: German