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In some renal calculi, whose structure was studied in thin sections, we have found concentrical layers, rather superficial, that showed large quantities or rods with the size and shape of bacterias (Fig. 1). In the clinical history of the patients, urinary infection, mostly with no ureolytic activity (Escherichia Coli), was recorded. Such bacterial deposits were included in a material consisting of defective apatitic calcium phosphates with organic matter. Such bacteria-like forms were not found in other calcium phosphate containing stones but with no infection at all.
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Cifuentes-Delatte, L., Santos, M., Hidalgo, A., Bellanato, J., González Díaz, P.F. (1976). Calcified Bacteria in Renal Stones. In: Fleisch, H., Robertson, W.G., Smith, L.H., Vahlensieck, W. (eds) Urolithiasis Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4295-3_23
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