Ureaplasma urealyticum and infected renal calculi.

In a group of 41 patients with infection lithiasis, the presence of Ureaplasma urealyticum in urine and in the calculi was investigated. A control group of 27 patients with metabolic lithiasis was simultaneously evaluated. Ureaplasma urealyticum was detected in a total of 10 patients with infection lithiasis.