CHOP Study Linking Kidney Stones and Oral Antibiotics Receives National and Local Media Coverage
Published on in CHOP News
Published on in CHOP News
Could an overuse of certain oral antibiotics be responsible for an increase in kidney stones? In a new study led by Gregory E. Tasian, MD, an attending pediatric urologist in the Division of Urology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a team of researchers, including urologists and nephrologists, found that five classes of oral antibiotics were associated with a diagnosis of kidney stone disease, with the strongest risks for kidney stones in children and adolescents.
Several major news outlets reported on these breakthrough findings.