Bacteria Oxalobacter formigenes (O. formigenes), are part of the natural intestinal flora, the risk of recurrence of kidney stones cut by 70%. This is the conclusion of researchers at Boston University as a result of a clinical study of 500 people, the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology drawn. According to statistics, the majority of oxalate kidney stones of calcium salts of oxalic acid and are together. The risk is particularly high in such stones identifying oxalate in urine. At the same time a relatively new bacteria O. formigenes have the ability to dispose of oxalate in the intestinal tract of humans, in order. the level of salts in the plasma and urine The scientists led by David Kaufman (David Kaufman) determined out the contents of O. formigenes in feces in 247 adult patients with recurrent stone formation disease, and 259 healthy subjects (control group). In addition, the participants in the analysis of urine was assessed a 24-hour urine oxalate. A study of bacteria O. formigenes were found in 17% of patients with urolithiasis and 38% of respondents in the control group. "We have seen steady inverse relationship between colonization of the gut O. formigenes and recurrent calcium oxalate kidney stones," - said Kaufman. He said that was the risk of recurrent bacterial urinary stone disease reduced by 70%. According to statistics, in the U.S. urolithiasis develops in 5-15% of the population, and the risk of recurrence within five years, 30 to 50%. According to researchers, the use of bacteria O. formigenes as probiotics prevent the formation of new stones in the kidney to help. Currently, this technique is the early phases of clinical trials, said Kaufman.
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