Promising Urinary Microbiome Signals in Congenital Anomalies of Kidney and Urinary Tract, but not yet Ready for Clinical Risk Stratification
Zhicheng Luo · 2026
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In a 2026 letter, Zhicheng Luo urges caution about using urinary microbiome signals to predict infection risk in children born with kidney and urinary tract defects. He praises a study that mapped urine germs before infections and tracked children later. But few infections happened, and several risk figures look shaky, including some endless hazard ratios. Starting gaps between groups were not clear either.
He also questions species claims from short gene reads and notes an unclear follow-up time span. Luo suggests treating the signals as candidate markers only. Better gene reads and direct chemical checks should come before clinical use.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhicheng Luo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |