title: [Etiologic factors of urinary lithiasis in Tunisian children].
abstract: Fifty-five Tunisian children with urinary stones, between the ages of 8 months and 15 years, underwent morphological and infrared spectrophotometric analysis of their stones. This study provides an approach to the aetiological profile of urinary stones in Tunisian children. The nucleus of the stones was composed of acidic ammonium urate in 48% of cases with a morphology suggestive of phosphorus deficiency associated with a history of diarrhoea. In 24% of cases, the nucleus contained struvite indicating the presence of urinary tract infection by urease-positive bacteria. The main growth factors of urinary stones were hyperoxaluria and urinary tract infection. In 5 cases, the stones were due to a hereditary lithogenic metabolic disease : cystinuria in 1 case and primary hyperoxaluria in 4 cases.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamoun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daudon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kabaar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhaoui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Ammar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zghal
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zerilli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaouachi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belkahia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakhoua
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014416:Tunisia; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Facteurs étiologiques de la lithiase urinaire de l'enfant en Tunisie.