Urinary Calculus in Zambia: its Incidence and Relationship to Schistosoma haematobium Infection and Vesicovaginal Fistula
作者:
B. ELEM,
期刊:
British Journal of Urology
(WILEY Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 56,
issue 1
页码: 44-47
ISSN:0007-1331
年代: 1984
DOI:10.1111/j.1464-410X.1984.tb07161.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Summary—Radiological, cystoscopic and histological observations were made on 41 cases of urinary stones in a hospital in Zambia. The results of biochemical analysis of 31 of these stones are presented. The possible role ofSchistosoma haematobiumin the causation of urinary stones has been analysed; associated schistosomiasis was diagnosed in 17 cases (41.4%). It is concluded that there is no significant causal association between the two disorders and urolithiasis is an uncommon disease in Zambian
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