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Crystalline bacterial biofilm formation on urinary catheters by urease-producing urinary tract pathogens: a simple method of control
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 09/14/09

Broomfield1 RJ et al. – The most effective way to prevent catheter encrustation was shown to be diluting urine and increasing its citrate concentration. This strategy raises the nucleation pH (pHn) at which calcium and magnesium phosphates crystallize from urine. Increasing the fluid intake of a healthy volunteer with citrated drinks resulted in urine with a pHn of >8.0 in which catheter encrustation was inhibited. It is suggested that this dietary strategy will be an effective means of controlling catheter encrustation, whichever bacterial species is causing the problem.

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