Morphological and immunological characteristics of nanobacteria from human renal stones of a north Indian population

Urological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 190-195

  Khullar, Madhu ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Bajwa, Pratibha ^a   Sheikh, Farooq A ^a   Relan, Vandana ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Carbonate apatite; Kidney calculi; Nanobacteria; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CARBON 14; DNA; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; OXALIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; WHEWELLITE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEMINERALIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; NANOBACTERIUM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 3142705707     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-004-0400-3     Document Type: Article

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