Stone formation in the urinary tract is a common phenomenon with associated morbidity.
The exact physicochemical factors responsible for stone formation are not clearly known …

The aim of this study was to detect, isolate and characterize the nanobacteria from human
renal stones from a north Indian population, and to determine their role in biomineralization …

Kidney stone formation is a multifactorial disease in which the defence mechanisms and risk
factors are imbalanced in favour of stone formation. We have proposed a novel infectious …

Nanobacteria are unconventional agents 100-fold smaller than common bacteria that can
replicate apatite-forming units. Nanobacteria are powerful mediators of biogenic apatite …

Urolithiasis is a common disorder responsible for serious human suffering and economic
cost to society. Approximately 13% of men and 7% of women in the United States will be …

Purpose: This research focused on the detection of nanobacteria in kidney stones of 30
Iranian patients without adding fetal bovine serum (FBS) to the culture media. Materials and …

Currently, only struvite stones are regarded as deriving from bacteria. Recent work has
suggested that calcium-based stones might also have an infectious origin. Nanobacteria …

Nanobacteria have been isolated from kidney stones and it has been suggested that they
may act as a nucleus for the initiation of the renal stones. In the present study, we examine …

Objectives: To report our experimental results on detection and isolation of nanobacteria‐
like particles (NLP) from urinary stone samples. Methods: From March 2001 to August 2003 …

Nanobacteria: An infectious cause for kidney stone formation. Background Nanobacteria are
cytotoxic, sterile-filterable, gram-negative, atypical bacteria detected in bovine and human …