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The gut microbiome as a guidepost for infection risk in liver transplantation
Angelica T Vieira1, Thomas F Baumert2
1Laboratory of Microbiota and Immunomodulation (LMI), Department of Biochemistry, and Immunology - Institute of Biological Science (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Cell Host & Microbe
|January 11, 2024
Abstract:
In this issue, Lehmann et al. addresses the high infection risk in liver transplantation by examining the gut microbiome in a patient cohort. By uncovering a predictive role of the microbiome for the clinical course, the study unravels the gut microbiome as a guidepost for infection risk in liver transplantation.

