title: Reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.|McGuire VA Hospital, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hylemon
authors.affiliation: Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagahashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.|McGuire VA Hospital, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Huiping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou