Bead beating demonstrates enhanced bacterial detection in kidney stone culture compared to traditional mortar-pestle processing

Bead beating demonstrates enhanced bacterial detection in kidney stone culture compared to traditional mortar-pestle processing

ABSTRACT Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a standard operation for treating large kidney stones but carries a risk of postoperative infection. Recent guidelines recommend obtaining a stone culture or kidney stone culture, yet no standardized protocol exists for processing kidney stones. Bead b...

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Main Authors: Tyler A. On, Farhan Anwar, Austin L. Chien, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Gayatri Vedantam, William D. Lainhart, David T. Tzou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
kidney stone culture
bead beating
mortar-pestle
percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00889-25
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