title: The VITAL study: case control studies are hypothesis-generating - Authors' reply.
authors.affiliation: Department I of Internal Medicine, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne, ZKS Köln, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: oliver.cornely@uk-koeln.de.
authors.forename: Oliver A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Cornely
authors.affiliation: Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Rochelle M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Francisco M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Marty
authors.affiliation: Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Misun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: J Janne
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vehreschild
authors.affiliation: Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Maria J G T
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vehreschild
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000188:drug therapy