A critical analysis of the role of gut Oxalobacter formigenes in oxalate stone disease

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-21

  Siva, Siddharth ^a   Barrack, Evelyn R ^a   Reddy, G Prem Veer ^a   Thamilselvan, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Thamilselvan, Sivagnanam ^a   Menon, Mani ^a   Bhandari, Mahendra ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Hyperoxaluria; Kidney stones; Oxalate; Oxalobacter formigenes; Transporters

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANION EXCHANGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; DEGRADATION; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; HYPEROXALURIA; INTESTINE FLORA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URINE LEVEL;

HUMANS; HYPEROXALURIA; INTESTINES; KIDNEY CALCULI; OXALATES; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57649142861     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08122.x     Document Type: Review

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