Urinary schistosomiasis: The Corsican file

Fabien Saint; Jérôme Boissier; Pierre Arnaud; Anne Totet; Aurélien Dinh; Maxime Vallee; Yohann Le Govic

doi:10.1016/j.fjurol.2024.102799

Urinary schistosomiasis: The Corsican file

Fr J Urol. 2024 Oct 28;35(1):102799. doi: 10.1016/j.fjurol.2024.102799. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Fabien Saint¹, Jérôme Boissier², Pierre Arnaud³, Anne Totet⁴, Aurélien Dinh⁵, Maxime Vallee⁶, Yohann Le Govic⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology and Transplantation, CHUAP, Amiens, France; PROAD, EA 4669, Picardie Jules-Verne University, Amiens, France; Infection Disease Committee of the French Association of Urology (CI-AFU), Paris, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Hosts Pathogens Environment Interactions, UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, Perpignan University, Via Domitia, Perpignan, France.
³ Infection Disease Committee of the French Association of Urology (CI-AFU), Paris, France; Department of Urology, Hôpital Privé du Sud de la Corse, Ajaccio, France.
⁴ Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CBH, CHUAP, Amiens, France; Agents Infectieux, Résistance et Chimiothérapie (AGIR), UR 4294, Picardie Jules-Verne University, Amiens, France.
⁵ Infectious Disease Department, R.-Poincaré University Hospital, Versailles Saint-Quentin University, Garches, France; Infection Disease Committee of the French Association of Urology (CI-AFU), Paris, France.
⁶ Department of Urology and Kidney Transplantation, CHU, 2, rue de la Milétrie, Poitiers, France; Infection Disease Committee of the French Association of Urology (CI-AFU), Paris, France.

PMID: 39490902
DOI: 10.1016/j.fjurol.2024.102799

Abstract

Schistosomiasis, known as bilharzia, is a parasitic disease caused by trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, found primarily in Africa and pockets of the Middle East. Southern Europe seems to be a breeding ground for urogenital schistosomiasis emergence. Ten and five years have passed since the first and the last cases of urogenital schistosomiasis were identified in Corsica (patients who have bathed in the Cavu and/or Solenzara rivers between 2013 and 2019). Through a literature review, the authors aimed to clarify the epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic particularities of urinary schistosomiasis acquired in Corsica. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4.

Keywords: Bilharzia; Corsica; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Urinary.