17 A. V. B. Krishnakanth Padmaraj Hegde Arun Chawla Sunil Bhaskhara Pillai Pilar Laguna Jean de la Rosette stone culture infection urolithiasis complication PCNL Scopus Web of Science Белый список 2026 2026-06-05 10.3390/antibiotics15010052 ANTIBIOTICS Aim: To explore the association between urinary stone cultures and infectious complications following PCNL. Materials and Methods: An observational case–control study was conducted in patients undergoing PCNL. The assessment included demographic parameters, medical history, urinalysis, and urine culture and blood testing. Pre-operatively, urinary stone samples were collected for cultures. Post-operatively, patients were observed for infectious complications such as fever and/or SIRS. Patients were divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of infected renal calculi. Patient characteristics, stone factors, and intra-operative and post-operative findings were studied in relation to stone culture. Descriptive statistics was used to present the data and the SPSS software was used for analysis. Results: From December 2023 to March 2025, a total of 126 patients were included in the study. A total of 16 patients (12.6%) had a positive stone culture. Statistical significance was found upon the comparison of stone culture with gender (p = 0.046), chronic kidney disease (p = 0.002), pre-operative urine culture (p = 0.001), pre-operative haemoglobin (g/dL) ( https://repo.bashgmu.ru/publication/5463 https://repo.bashgmu.ru/files/5657