A 52-year-old previously healthy man was hospitalized on account
of poor health. He mainly complained about polydipsia, fever
and shortness of breath for 9 days, and a swollen scrotum was
found 4 days later. Fever (always) occurred after rigors, and his
maximum temperature reached 38.8 C. The swollen scrotum
was accompanied by urodynia, hematuria and dysuria. He had
not previously been diagnosed as diabetic, but his father had had
type 2 diabetes (T2DM) for 34 years.