ArticleThe Journal of urology2016
Preoperative Bladder Urine Culture as a Predictor of Intraoperative Stone Culture Results: Clinical Implications and Relationship to Stone Composition.
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- Sex Differences in Admission Urine Culture Positivity, Pathogen Distribution, and Clinical Characteristics Among Patients with Calcium Oxalate Stones.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The development and internal validation of a rating scale system in predicting renal stone bacteria culture positivity before PCNL: a cross-sectional study.Urolithiasis · 2026Article
- The effect of negative, single and multi-organism positive cultures on outcomes following PCNL.BJUI compass · 2026Article
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- A nomogram clinical prediction model for predicting urinary infection stones: development and validation in a retrospective study.World journal of urology · 2024Article
- Unraveling the association of bacteria and urinary stones in patients with urolithiasis: an update review article.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Characteristics of Bacteria in Urine and Stones from Patients Treated with Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Association with Postoperative Infection.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
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- The Relationship between Preoperative Urine Culture and Post-Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Spectrum of Bacterial Pathogens from Urinary Infections Associated with Struvite and Metabolic Stones.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Heterogeneity in stone culture protocols and endourologist practice patterns: a multi-institutional survey.Urolithiasis · 2022Article
- Risk factors for concomitant positive midstream urine culture in patients presenting with symptomatic ureterolithiasis.Urolithiasis · 2022Article
- Stone fragmentation urine culture as alternative role of stone culture in endourological urolithiasis management.World journal of urology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeWe examine the relationship between urine and stone cultures in a large cohort of patients undergoing percutaneous stone removal and compare the findings in infectious vs metabolic calculi. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 776 patients treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy who had preoperative urine cultures and intraoperative stone cultures were included in the study. Statistical analysis used chi-square or logistic fit analysis as appropriate.
resultsPreoperative urine culture was positive in 352 patients (45.4%) and stone cultures were positive in 300 patients (38.7%). There were 75 patients (9.7%) with negative preoperative cultures who had positive stone cultures, and in patients with both cultures positive the organisms differed in 103 (13.3%). Gram-positive organisms predominated in preoperative urine and stone cultures.
conclusionsPreoperative urine cultures in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy are unreliable as there is a discordance with intraoperative stone cultures in almost a quarter of cases. There has been a notable shift toward gram-positive organisms in this cohort of patients.
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