Infection prophylaxis for patients with GvHD

During the GvHD Hub Steering Committee Meeting in May 2024, key opinion leaders met to discuss infection prophylaxis for patients with graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). The discussion was chaired by Professor Mohamad Mohty and featured Frederic Baron, Yi-Bin Chen, Amin Alousi, Florent Malard, Arnon Nagler, Zinaida Peric, and Robert Zeiser.

The steering committee discussed the strategies to manage infections and choices of antibiotics to reduce GvHD-related mortality, the effect of diet on the gut microbiome and GvHD severity, and how to personalize prophylaxis. They also spoke about integration of microbiota therapy into GvHD prophylaxis.