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• If present, prevent infection-induced struvite and calcium phosphate carbonate by repeating urine cultures and administering antibiotics when needed.
• Next, select therapy to prevent the urolith center (see recommendations for specific mineral types at z.umn.edu/mnurolithRX).
• Then, make adjustments in therapy to prevent the body, shell or bands without opposing therapy to prevent minerals at or near the center (e.g. urine specific gravity (<1.020), pH (≥6.5), and medications).