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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-4085</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de urología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. urol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-4085</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Urología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-40852022000500008</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.48193/revistamexicanadeurologa.v82i5.954</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Importancia de la cristaluria por estruvita en el diagnóstico de la infección urinaria por Proteus mirabilis]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Importance of struvite crystalluria in the diagnosis of urinary infection due to Proteus mirabilis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rubio-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lepe-Balsalobre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esperanza]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sevilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Riotinto  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Huelva ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>82</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-40852022000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-40852022000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-40852022000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La infección urinaria por Proteus mirabilis es una infección complicada, ya que esta bacteria ureolítica genera grandes cantidades de cristales de estruvita en orina. En este estudio, el 54% de las orinas con más de 25 cristales de estruvita por campo tenían un urocultivo positivo por Proteus mirabilis, presentando la mayoría, además, un pH alcalino y abundante leucocituria. La presencia de cristales de estruvita en orina se relaciona en la mayoría de los casos con infección urinaria por Proteus mirabilis. El urianálisis permite orientar el diagnóstico antes del resultado del urocultivo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Urinary infection by Proteus mirabilis is complicated since this ureolytic bacterium generates large amounts of struvite crystals in urine. In this study, 54% of the urines with more than 25 struvite crystals per field had a positive urine culture for Proteus mirabilis, the majority also presenting an alkaline pH and abundant leukocyturia. In most cases, the presence of struvite crystals in urine is related to urinary infection by Proteus mirabilis. Therefore, urinalysis allows us to guide the diagnosis before the result of the urine culture.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[crystalluria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Proteus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[struvite]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ureolytic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[UTI]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cristaluria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estruvita]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ITU]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Proteus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ureolítica]]></kwd>
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