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REPLY: We thank Kelly and coworkers (3) for their comments. We agree that some of the Ren-2 animals in our study did develop malignant hypertension, as discussed in our report (see the penultimate paragraph of the DISCUSSION in Ref. 1). We included all animals which survived to the end of the study in the final analysis because we feel that the exclusion of animals with malignant hypertension w...

TO THE EDITOR—We thank Worth and colleagues [1] for reflecting on some important points related to our recent study where we reported a 63% reduction in hospital-onset (HO) Staphylococcus au-reus bacteremia (SAB) in Australia [2]. We agree that the HO-SAB definition used in our study is not the national definition currently used for healthcare-associated (HCA) SAB surveillance in Australian hos...

Methods: In this cross sectional study, broadcasted advertisements on 4 important channels of Iran TV were recorded for a week from 8 am to 12 pm in 2012. The content and volume of food advertisements were investigated using a researcher-made check list. Advertisement group (food, non-food), food group (non-cariogenic, cariogenic), advertisement appeals (rational, emotional, and humor content),...

10 cases . The histopathology laboratory of the UMTH provides referral services for all the hospitals and private clinics in Borno State as well as other neighbouring States in the northeastern part of Nigeria. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide baseline data on the frequency of occurrence, age and parity of patients, clinical presentation, degenerative changes, diseases associated...

Welber Marinovic, Aymar de Rugy, Ottmar V. Lipp, and James R. Tresilian School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia; Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine, CNRS UMR 5287, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France; Scho...

TO THE EDITOR—We appreciate the comments from Decker et al regarding our study [1]. There are now 3 studies reporting comparative effectiveness results for high-dose vs standard-dose influenza vaccine. Decker et al's Sanofi Pasteur ran-domized trial [2] necessarily focused on symptomatic influenza infection as hospitalization with complications of influenza is less common, and comparisons based...

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...

H eard et al (2015) generated cIap1 / Xiap / mice and were surprised to find them to be viable and fertile, because we had reported (Moulin et al, 2012) that cIap1 / Xiap / mice died by day E12.5 of embryogenesis (Moulin et al, 2012 Figs 1B and 2B and Supplementary Fig S1A). We are working with Heard et al (2015) in an attempt to determine why. It is, however, clear that failure of our cIap2cIa...

The authors agree with Myers et al. [1] that biodegradable materials represent a useful alternative in the management of tricuspid valve endocarditis repair. Our statement of dividing tricuspid valve repair choices in prosthetic and non-prosthetic techniques adequately sets the main cornerstones of surgical therapy: first, minimizing, as much as possible, the resulting valve regurgitation follo...