Association of kidney stones and recurrent utis: the chicken and egg situation. a systematic review of literature

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    With an increased risk of urosepsis in patients with KSD it is imperative to establish if UTI is the primary driving force in stone formation or does bacterial colonisation on stones increase the risk of severe sepsis. The search terms included the following: "Kidney stone disease," "renal stones," "kidney stones," "renal calculi," "urolithiasis," "nephrolithiasis," "infected stones," "struvite," "urinary tract infections," "UTI," "sepsis," and "infection." Emerging evidence clarified with in_vitro studies the possible causative role of bacterial strains in the formation and growth of stones previously classified as exclusively "metabolic" stones. Again, percentages of infection . . .

     

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