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Alterations in gut microbiota among maintenance hemodialysis patients with CKD-associated pruritus: a cross-sectional comparative study of two cohorts

Key takeaways

Researchers compared the gut bacteria of people on regular dialysis who have bad itching with those who do not. Severe itching is common in kidney failure and is hard to treat. This was a snapshot study of two groups, so it can only show a link between gut bacteria and itching, not proof that one causes the other. The record came through without an abstract, so the number of people and the size of the difference are not available here.

Who did this work

Min Huang (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Saiping Chen (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Yuqing Wang (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Jiarui Wang (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Junyi Liu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Mengqi Wu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Bin Lu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Aiping Zhang (Community Health Center) · Yanqin Zhu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Fenggui Zhu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Hong Liu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Xueyan Zeng (Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-28
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2026.1917432