Biofilm mediated calculus formation in the urinary tract

Cells and Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 165-174

  McLean, Robert J C ^a   Stickler, David J ^b   Curtis Nickel, J ^c  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Carbonate apatite; Mineral; Struvite; Urinary calculus; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

STRUVITE; UREASE;

BIOFILM; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; INFECTION; MICTURITION DISORDER; MINERALIZATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; URINARY TRACT; URINE CATHETER; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0030322544     PISSN: 10516794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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