title: [Need for the differentiation of apatite and carbonate apatite].
abstract: With extensive analytical and clinical examinations it is shown that the proof of carbonate in apatite may allow no additional reference of an infection with urea-splitting bacteria. With certain analytical methods the presence of carbonate is demonstrable in each urinary calculus apatite phase. Carbonate-bearing apatite indeed is accompanied frequently with struvite, but may be occur also without an infection. Therefore, in the future it should be renounced on the differentiation of apatite and carbonate apatite in routine analyses of urinary calculi.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Urolithiasis, Gesellschaft für Urologie der DDR.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brien
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rebentisch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schorch
mesh_terms: D001031:Apatites / Q000032:analysis*; D017886:Durapatite; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000032:analysis*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000032:analysis*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000032:analysis; D017616:Magnesium Compounds; D008297:Male; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications; D000069877:Struvite
chemical_list: D001031:Apatites; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017616:Magnesium Compounds; D010710:Phosphates; D017886:Durapatite; D000069877:Struvite; D008274:Magnesium
vernacular_title: Zur Notwendigkeit der Differenzierung von Apatit und Carbonatapatit.