Frequent occurrence of renal calculi in tuberculous kidneys in Israel.
The incidence of renal calculi among renal tuberculous patients, hospitalized during thirty years in a medical center, was evaluated. It was found to be 24.5 per cent, most probably the highest figure so far reported in the medical literature.
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology