title: A new era in the treatment of calcium oxalate stones?
abstract: Calcium oxalate (CaOx) is the most prevalent type of kidney stone. The amount of oxalate excreted in the urine is a major risk factor for CaOx stone formation. The study by Siener et al. makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of how Oxalobacter formigenes affects oxalate metabolism and excretion in humans and hence influences the risk of developing CaOx kidney stones.
authors.affiliation: University Clinic of Urology, Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. ognen.ivanovski@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ognen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ivanovski
authors.forename: Tilman B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Drüeke
mesh_terms: D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D020624:Oxalobacter formigenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002129:Calcium Oxalate