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. 2021 Jun 8;6(8):2228–2231. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.05.019

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