Protective Effect of Intestinal Blautia Against Neutropenic Fever in Allogeneic Transplant Recipients

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BACKGROUND: Neutropenic fever (NF) occurs in >70% of hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients, without a documented cause in most cases. Antibiotics used to prevent and treat NF disrupt the gut microbiota; these disruptions predict a higher posttransplantation mortality rate. We hypothesized that specific features in the gut microbial community may mediate the risk of NF.

METHODS: We searched a large gut microbiota database in allogeneic HCT recipients (12 546 stool samples; 1278 patients) to find pairs with NF (cases) versus without NF (controls) on the same day relative to transplantation and with a stool sample on the previous day. A total of 179 such pairs were matched as to the underlying disease and graft source. Several other important clinical variables were similar between the groups.

RESULTS: The gut microbiota of cases on the day before NF occurrence had a lower abundance of Blautia than their matched controls on the same day after transplantation, suggesting a protective role for Blautia. Microbiota network analysis did not find any differences in community structure between the groups, suggesting a single-taxon effect. To identify putative mechanisms, we searched a gut microbiome and serum metabolome database of patients with acute leukemia receiving chemotherapy and identified 139 serum samples collected within 24 hours after a stool sample from the same patient. Greater Blautia abundances predicted higher levels of next-day citrulline, a biomarker of total enterocyte mass.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings support a model in which Blautia protects against NF by improving intestinal health. Therapeutic restoration of Blautia may help prevent NF, thus reducing antibiotic exposures and transplantation-related deaths.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 75(2022), 11 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 1912-1920

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rashidi, Armin [VerfasserIn]
Peled, Jonathan U [VerfasserIn]
Ebadi, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Rehman, Tauseef Ur [VerfasserIn]
Elhusseini, Heba [VerfasserIn]
Marcello, LeeAnn T [VerfasserIn]
Halaweish, Hossam [VerfasserIn]
Kaiser, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Holtan, Shernan G [VerfasserIn]
Khoruts, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Weisdorf, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Staley, Christopher [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Blautia
Hematopoietic cell transplantation
Journal Article
Metabolomics
Microbiota
Neutropenic fever
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.12.2022

Date Revised 23.05.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciac299

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339653884