Navigating the Intersection: Fungal Infections in Transplant Recipients During COVID-19

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¹ Department of Infectious Diseases of Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (HU-UFMA/EBSERH) and Intituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, IDOR, Hospital UDI, Rede D'Or, São Luís/Maranhão, Brazil.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Liver Transplant Program - Transplant Infectious Disease, Hospital das Clínicas (HC-UFMG/EBSERH), Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Daniel Wagner Santos et al. Transplantation. 2024.

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doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005033. Epub 2024 Apr 8.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases of Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (HU-UFMA/EBSERH) and Intituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, IDOR, Hospital UDI, Rede D'Or, São Luís/Maranhão, Brazil.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Liver Transplant Program - Transplant Infectious Disease, Hospital das Clínicas (HC-UFMG/EBSERH), Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Invasive Fungal Infections in Inpatient Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With COVID-19: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort.
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