title: [Urinary infection in urolithiasis patients in the Epirus district (northeastern Greece)].
abstract: The relationship between renal stones and urinary tract infection is frequent but not well-known. In this study, urinary tract infection was found in 12% of renal stone formers. It is four times more common in females than in males. Urea splitting bacteria (Proteus, Klebsiella, Staphylococcus and Pyocyaneus) lead to stone formation. They were identified in 72% of cases. Proteus was predominant and the organism most frequently found in staghorn stone formers. Other non urea-splitting bacteria (E. coli, Enterobacter, Streptococcus) were observed in 25% to 30% of cases. The percentage of the various bacteria varies according to the degree of resistance to therapy and the patients sex.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Urologique Laboratoire de Physiopathologie du système génito-urinaire, Université de Ioannina, Faculté de Médecine, Grèce.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Giannakopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evangelou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsoumanis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papadopoulou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charalambopoulos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004754:Enterobacter; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D012737:Sex Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D014508:Urea; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D014508:Urea
vernacular_title: L'infection urinaire chez les lithiasiques dans le département d'Epirus (Grèce du nord-ouest).