Bacteriological evaluation of the non-struvite nephrolithiasis and its association with urinary tract infections

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the bacteriological features in non-struvite nephrolithiasis and in its associated urinary tract infection, and to establish the relationship between the two pathologies.

Keywords

• nephrolithiasis
• non-struvite calculi
• percutaneous nephrolithotomy
• phenotypic similarity
• chemical composition
• nefrolitiază
• calculi non-struvitici
• nefrolitotomie percutanată
• similaritate fenotipică
• compoziție chimică