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Among 937 patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), the prevalence of VM was 28.3% and 23.3% with GVHD. Aspergillus spp. was less prevalent, but Candida spp. was more associated with GVHD. Its prevalence remains stable. Although Aspergillus spp. was the primary causative agent, non-albicans Candida spp. was increasing as a breakthrough infection especially in GVHD cases. 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