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APS conceived of and designed the study. APS and all other co-authors contributed patient data through direct patient care. YY, PW and APS performed data collection and analysis, and wrote the manuscript. All authors reviewed and contributed to the final draft of the manuscript.
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Yuan, Y., Wong, P., Butler, J.P. et al. High incidence of resistant breakthrough invasive fungal infections (IFD) in patients treated for acute gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GI GVHD) following allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 57, 1712–1715 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-022-01773-9
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