Viral pathogens in urological diseases

Abstract

Tis review describes different virus taxa that are more prevalent in some variants of urological pathology. Te search of articles was conducted in the information portals of Te Cochrane Database, MEDLINE / PubMed Database, eLIBRARY, ClinicalKey for the period 2008-2018. As a result, the most current and representative studies, containing an interpretation of the dynamics of opinions indicating the involvement of viruses in various urological diseases were selected. Te bacterial component is the most studied in the etiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, but the viral component, as a rule, remains outside the scope of routine examination of patients, which stagnates conducting of adequate therapy and prevention of infectious and inflammatory diseases in urology.

Keywords

• urinary tract infections
• viruses
• herpesvirus
• human papillomavirus
• polyomavirus
• respiratory viruses