title: Response to letter regarding article, "Rates of and factors associated with infection in 200 909 Medicare implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implants: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry".
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Jordan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Prutkin
authors.affiliation: Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.affiliation: Yale University, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Haikun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: Yale University, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Jeptha P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Sana M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Al-Khatib
authors.affiliation: Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Daniel Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Uslan
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries