title: Childhood urolithiasis in the United Kingdom and Eire.
abstract: 152 children with urinary calculi were treated in the United Kingdom and Eire in the years 1972 and 1973. There was a marked male preponderance particularly evident in early life. In 124 children the urine was infected on admission to hospital; in 87, particularly the younger children, this was with the Proteus species. Awareness of the relationship between Proteus urinary infection and matrix calculi is stressed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002118:Calcium / Q000652:urine; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007494:Ireland; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium