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THE URINARY EXCRETION OF CALCIUM IN EXPERIMENTAL STAPHYLOCOCCAL PYELONEPHRITIS
Author(s) -
KENNEDY ALEXANDER
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1966.tb09696.x
Subject(s) - hypercalciuria , calcium , urine , excretion , urinary calcium , urinary system , medicine , endocrinology , urology , physiology
SUMMARY Albright suggested that “idiopathic hypercalciuria” may be due to staphylococcal pyelonephritis. In order to test this hypothesis experimental pyelonephritis was induced in rabbits by the intravenous injection of staphylococci and their urinary calcium excretion was studied for periods of up to six months afterwards. The pyelonephritic rabbits did not excrete more calcium in their urine than normal and they did not excrete more calcium than a group of control rabbits. It is concluded that staphylococcal pyelonephritis does not cause hypercalciuria in the rabbit.