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Death may be linked to mold

PITTSBURGH — The mold crisis at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center could be more widespread than initially believed, according to two Pittsburgh attorneys.

Jerry Meyers and Brendan Lupetin are reviewing the death of Mary Frances Reiff, 69, who they said underwent a June 2014 kidney transplant in UPMC Montefiore, contracted a fungal lung infection and died in UPMC Presbyterian.

“Given the timing of when her pneumonia developed in relation to the period of time she was hospitalized compared to the very little time she was home, we have reason to believe she contracted this at UPMC,” Lupetin said.

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