[Calculi experimentally obtained in the rat by intrarenal injection of Ureaplasma urealyticum].
Male Sprague Dawley rats have been contaminated with Ureaplasma urealyticum (by injection in their kidney of a 10(8) C.C.U. suspension of micro-organisms of human origin). They produce urinary tract stones similar to the humans ones and composed of struvite crystals (NH4MgPO4, 6H2O). It is concluded that such a model is a very good tool to develop new research on struvite lithiasis.
D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007267:Injections; D007668:Kidney; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000209:etiology*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
Etude des calculs obtenus expérimentalement chez le rat par injection intrarénale de l'Ureaplasma urealyticum.