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Letter to the Editor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2007

Nelson Alphonso
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, CA, USA
Petros V. Anagnostopoulos
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, CA, USA
Sarah Scarpace
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, CA, USA
Peggy Weintrub
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, CA, USA
Anthony Azakie
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, CA, USA
Gary Raff
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, CA, USA
Tom R. Karl*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, CA, USA
*
Correspondence to: Tom R. Karl, MD, Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 505 Parnassus Ave, Room S549, San Francisco, California 94143-0118, United States of America. Tel: +1 415 476 3501; Fax: +1 415 476 9678; E-mail: karlt@surgery.ucsf.edu
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

Sir,

Talwar and colleagues raise very valid points, and we agree with all of them. The need for worldwide trials of antibiotics is obvious, as we suggested in our manuscript. Adjustment for local epidemiologic and demographic conditions will be important for making informed and useful recommendations. A recent visit we made to the very impressive home institution of the authors confirms that they will be well positioned to contribute to future studies of this type.