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Can the bacteria in kidney stones cause recurrent kidney infections?
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Yes: It may be extremely difficult to successfully eradicate UTI with kidney stones present, both because they are a form of obstruction and infection occurs behind an obstructed focus as well as because bacteria will adhere to a foreign body like the stone and form a protective coating over themselves that protects against antibiotics and WBCs and antibodies.
Answered 10/18/2018
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