Nanobacteria: An infectious cause for kidney stone formation

Kidney International

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1893-1898

  Çiftçioglu, Neva ^a,b,c   Björklund, Mikael ^a,b,c   Kuorikoski, Kai ^a,b,c   Bergström, Kim ^a,b,c   Kajander, E Olavi ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Regional Council of Central Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apatites; Bacteria; Carbonate apatite; Infection; Kidney calculi; Stone formation

Indexed keywords

APATITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINERALIZATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032731361     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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