To determine
incidence of renal stone
disease in
patients with
urinary tract infection, this cross sectional study was conducted at Surgical Unit of District
Head Quarters
Hospital, Charsadda over a period of one year from January to December 2005. One hundred consecutive
patients were enrolled in this study. All those
patients who presented with urinary symptoms were included. While
patients with lower
urinary tract stones, upper
urinary tract stones with
renal failure, renal tumours and previous
history of renal stones
disease were excluded. The data was obtained and analyzed by filling a specially designed proforma for each
patient. All 100
patients were between age ranges of 15-60 years [Mean age 37.5 years].
Infection was present in 79% of cases. The commonest organisms isolated according to
culture report were E. Coli [30%],
Proteus [19%],
Klebsiella [11%],
Pseudomonas [7%],
Staphylococcus aureus [3%] etc. The frequency of renal stone
disease in
patients with
urinary tract infection was 18.98%. [12.6% in
male and 6.3% in
female]. Mean age of
patients with renal stones was 31.26 years and
male to
female ratio was 1.51. Renal stone
disease makes an important group among
urinary stone diseases.
Urinary tract infection with certain
bacteria plays an important
role in the synthesis of renal stones. A high
incidence can be prevented by adopting a variety of simple conservative
measures: