Dr Walker reply

Dr. W. H. S. Walker

Dr. Wallace and Dr. Stone reply.

Reply to Dr. Weiskirchen.

TO THE EDITOR: We would like to thank Dr. Weiskirchen (5) for his interest in our recent publication (3). As we mentioned in the DISCUSSION and as pointed out by Dr. Weiskirchen, the absence of protein data in our adenovirus model represents a limitation of our study. Regarding the RNA expression, we also expected to find a greater difference in ccn1/cyr61 gene expression in the mice instilled ...

Reply to Walker et al.

TO THE EDITOR—We thank Walker et al for their interest in our work [1]. Our study found no evidence of difference in clinical severity of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) between patients infected with ribotype 027/078 strains compared with others, when adjusted for other co-variates [2]. Adjustment for factors on the hypothesized causal pathway between exposure (ribotype) and outcome (sev...

Reply to Dr. Chacko.

TO THE EDITOR: We thank Dr. Chacko (2) for reading our recently published article (3) and providing comments. In her first point, she makes the argument that moderate intensity exercise 45 min after a meal improves postprandial glycemia more effectively compared with higher intensity exercise. This statement was made based on findings from three different studies consisting of three different p...