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Does some relationship between the urinary tract infection and renal calcul i exist ?

April 26, 2017calcul exist infection relationship renal tract urinary

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Does some relationship between the urinary tract infection and renal calcul i exist ?

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There are three related aspects between urinary infection and renal lithiasis: 1. Urinary infection itself, produces an increase of the urinary pH and the ammonium concentration. This facts induce crystallization of the ammonium magnesium phosphate or ammonium urate (when the urinary uric acid concentration is high) that lead to infectious calculi.