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ReviewCureus2025

Probiotic and Synbiotic Interventions Targeting Oxalate-Degrading Gut Bacteria for the Prevention of Kidney Stones: A Systematic Review.

Maanya Bhardwaj, Abhinav Singhal, Gaurika Bhardwaj, Ivo Dukic

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Maanya BhardwajUrology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, GBR.
Abhinav SinghalUrology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, GBR.
Gaurika BhardwajSurgery, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, GBR.
Ivo DukicUrology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, GBR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kidney stone disease (KSD) is a common and recurrent healthcare problem. Calcium oxalate stones are the most common type of stones, influenced by urinary oxalate levels. Increasingly, the role of the gut microbiome is being studied, particularly oxalate-degrading bacteria such as

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bifidobacteriumkidney stonelactobacillusnephrolithiasisoxalate-degrading bacteriaoxalobacter formigenesprobiotic agentsynbiotic agenturinary stoneurolithiasis

Identifiers

PMID41409368
PMCPMC12707424

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