title: In reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaillancourt
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Marian J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schull
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*