Factors affecting crystal precipitation from urine in individuals with long-term urinary catheters colonized with urease-positive bacterial species

Urological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-177

  Mathur, Sunil ^a   Suller, Marc T E ^b   Stickler, David J ^c   Feneley, Roger C L ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Catheter encrustation; Proteus mirabilis; Urinary pH

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CATHETER; URINE PH;

CALCIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNESIUM; PRECIPITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; UREASE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINE;

EID: 33646727340     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-006-0036-6     Document Type: Article

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