Author's response to reviews Title: Reduced diversity and increased virulence-gene carriage in intestinal enterobacteria of coeliac children Authors:

Reduced diversity and increased virulence-gene carriage in intestinal enterobacteria of coeliac children

BACKGROUND Coeliac disease is an immune-mediated enteropathology triggered by the ingestion of cereal gluten proteins. This disorder is associated with imbalances in the composition of the gut microbiota that could be involved in its pathogenesis. The aim of the present study was to determine whether intestinal Enterobacteriaceae populations of active and non-active coeliac patients and healthy...

Author's response to reviews Title: The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene and short term behavioral response to methylphenidate in children with ADHD Authors:

Title: The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene and short term behavioral response to methylphenidate in children with ADHD

Author's response to reviews Title: Association between early bacterial carriage and otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in a semi-arid area of Western Australia: a cohort study Authors:

Wenxing Sun ([email protected]) Peter Jacoby ([email protected]) Thomas V Riley ([email protected]) Jacinta Bowman ([email protected]) Amanda J Leach ([email protected]) Harvey Coates ([email protected]) Sharon Weeks ([email protected]) Allan Cripps ([email protected]) Deborah Lehmann for the Kalgoorlie Otitis Media Rese...

Author's response to reviews Title: Dynamic models of pneumococcal carriage and the impact of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease Authors:

Correlation of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Breakpoints and Methicillin Resistance Gene Carriage in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most important member of coagulase negative staphylococci responsible for community and hospital acquired infections. Most clinical isolates of S. epidermidis are resistant to methicillin making these infections difficult to treat. In this study, correlation of methicillin resistance phenotype was compared with methicillin resistance (mecA) gene carriage in 55 ...