The EHA-IDWP developed an observational registry collecting data on COVID-19 infection in patients who received CAR T-cell therapy. Prevalence of COVID-19 was 4.8%, and overall mortality was 50%, highlighting the need for prevention of infection in these patients.

Clinical and Translational Fungal Working Group University of California San Diego La Jolla CA

Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases University Hospital Cologne Cologne Germany

Comenius University and National Cancer Institute Bratislava Slovakia

Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases Zagreb Croatia

Departament de Medicina Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain

Department 1 of Internal Medicine Excellence Center for Medical Mycology Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne Cologne Germany

Department of Clinical Hematology Montpellier University Hospital IGMM UMR1535 CNRS University of Montpellier Montpellier France

Department of Clinical Mycology Allergy and Immunology North Western State Medical University St Petersburg Russia

Department of Hematological Medicine Kings College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust London United Kingdom

Department of Hematology Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Istitute of Oncology Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus Barcelona Spain

Department of Infectious Diseases Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden

Department of Internal Medicine Hematology and Oncology Masaryk University Hospital Brno Brno Czech Republic

Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Insubria and Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Sette Laghi Ospedale di Circolo of Varese Varese Italy

Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori University of Milano Milan Italy

Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health Department of Medicine University of California San Diego San Diego CA

Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology Department of Clinical Research University and University Hospital of Basel Basel Switzerland

Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine Medical University of Graz Graz Austria

Faculty of Medicine University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia

Fundacion Jimenez Díaz Madrid Spain

German Centre for Infection Research Partner Site Bonn Cologne Cologne Germany

Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute Rome Italy

Hematology IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli Rome Italy; and

Hematology Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome Italy

Hôpital Saint Louis Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris Paris France

Hospital Clinic Barcelona Spain

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca Salamanca Spain

Hospital Univesitario Virgen del Rocío Seville Spain

IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milan Italy

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven Belgium

King's College Hospital London United Kingdom

La Paz University Hospital Madrid Spain

Service d'Hématologie Clinique et de Thérapie Cellulaire Hôpital Saint Antoine AP HP Unité Mixte de Recherche 938 Sorbonne Universitè Paris France

Stem Cell Transplant Center Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza Turin Italy

University Hospital Centre Zagreb Zagreb Croatia

University of Cologne Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne Clinical Trials Centre Cologne Cologne Germany

University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milan Italy

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