Spectrum of Bacterial Pathogens from Urinary Infections Associated with Struvite and Metabolic Stones.

Objective: The purposes of this multi-center study were to evaluate the rate of infection stones and to evaluate the urine cultures of patients with infection stones.

Materials: Charts of adulpatients with urinary stones were reviewed and data on stone analyses and urine cultures were collected.

Results: In total, 1204 renal stone formers (RSFs) from 10 countries were included (776 males, 428 females).

Stone composition of renal stone formers from different global regions.

Objective: To study urinary stone composition patterns in different populations around the world.

Materials And Methods: Data were collected by reviewing charts of 1204 adult patients of 10 countries with renal or ureteral stones (> 18 years) in whom a stone analysis was done and available. Any method of stone analysis was accepted, but the methodology had to be registered.