Intestinal bacterial microflora--a potential source of chronic inflammation in patients with chronic kidney disease

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Bacteria / drug effects
• Bacterial Physiological Phenomena*
• Bacterial Translocation*
• Chronic Disease
• Cytokines / physiology
• Diuretics / therapeutic use
• Fermentation
• Humans
• Inflammation / etiology*
• Intestinal Absorption
• Intestines / microbiology*
• Iron / adverse effects
• Iron / metabolism
• Iron Chelating Agents / therapeutic use
• Kidney Diseases / complications*
• Kidney Diseases / microbiology
• Probiotics / therapeutic use
• Rats
• Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
• Uremia / complications
• Uremia / microbiology
• Uremia / physiopathology
• Xanthine Oxidase / metabolism