Pathogen ID

Mumps virus is a 15.3-kb enveloped, nonsegmented, negative-strand RNA virus in the Paramyxoviridae family.

Presentation

Timeline

S/S

Fever, Malaise, Headache, Parotitis

Epididymitis/Orchitis → positive Prehn's sign

Oophoritis

Complications

!Meningitis (!Aseptic Meningitis)

Rare - Encephalitis, !Acute Pancreatitis, Hearing Loss (<25 db) (deafness), Death

Mimicker

!Testicular torsion

Treatment

Public Health Reportable Diseases