Table 2.
Causes of secondary hyperoxaluria
| Categories | Examples |
|---|---|
| Increased oxalate precursors | Ingesting high quantities of ethylene glycol, peanuts, rhubarb, vitamin C, cashew pseudofruit |
| Fat malabsorption | Small bowel resection, bariatric surgery, chronic pancreatitis, systemic sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, Crohn’s disease, Celiac disease |
| Intestinal decolonization of oxalate-degrading bacteria species such as Oxalobacter formigenes | Antibiotic use, small intestine bacterial overgrowth, Clostridium difficile infection |
| Increased colonic permeability to oxalate | Inflammatory bowel disease, C. difficile infection |
| Drugs | Orlistat, octreotide, mycophenolate mofetil, hydroxocobalamin |