title: Reply to Weber, von Cube, Sommer, Wolkewitz: Necessity of a Competing Risk Approach in Risk Factor Analysis of Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection.
authors.affiliation: 1Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology,Dalhousie University,Halifax,NS,Canada.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuhle
authors.affiliation: 2Faculty of Medicine,Dalhousie University,Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada.
authors.forename: Jillian H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Community Health and Epidemiology,Dalhousie University,Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirkland
authors.affiliation: 4Department of Pediatrics,Dalhousie University,Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada.
authors.forename: Joanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Langley
authors.affiliation: 1Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology,Dalhousie University,Halifax,NS,Canada.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.affiliation: 5Departments of Mathematics and Statistics,Dalhousie University,Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D003428:Cross Infection; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors