PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S. Ghazali
AU  - T. M. Barratt
AU  - D. I. Williams
TI  - Childhood urolithiasis in Britain
AID  - 10.1136/adc.48.4.291
DP  - 1973 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 291--295
VI  - 48
IP  - 4
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/48/4/291.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/48/4/291.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1973 Apr 01; 48
AB  - 120 children with urinary calculi were treated between 1966 and 1971. 75% were male, and the median age of diagnosis was 3 years. In 34 there were associated urological abnormalities and in 8 a metabolic cause of calculi was identified. 12 of 67 children had hypercalciuria. In 95 children the urine was infected on admission to hospital; in 76, particularly the younger children, this was with Proteus species. Calculi recurred after surgery in 13 children, and in 9 the only identifiable factor was failure to eradicate the Proteus infection.