Ureaplasma urealyticum and infected renal calculi.
In a group of 41 patients with infection lithiasis, the presence of Ureaplasma urealyticum in urine and in the calculi was investigated. A control group of 27 patients with metabolic lithiasis was simultaneously evaluated. Ureaplasma urealyticum was detected in a total of 10 patients with infection lithiasis. In 7 of those patients, U. urealyticum was the only urease producing microorganism detected, while in the remaining 3 it was detected along with common bacteria. We believe that U. urealyticum may be considered as a possible causative factor of infection lithiasis.
Becopoulos
T
T
Athens University Urology Department, Greece.
Tsagatakis
E
E
Constantinides
C
C
Paniara
O
O
Mouka
N
N
Psaras
L
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*