title: Response to letter to the editor regarding: "Surgical site infections after hip arthroplasty in Norway, 2005-2011: Influence of duration and intensity of postdischarge surveillance".
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: hege.line.lower@fhi.no.
authors.forename: Hege Line
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Løwer
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Håvard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Hanne-Merete
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Eriksen
authors.affiliation: Epidemi, Lasarettet, Kristiansand, Norway.
authors.forename: Preben
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aavitsland
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Research Group Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: Finn Egil
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Skjeldestad
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection