The VITAL study: case control studies are hypothesis-generating - Authors' reply

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¹ 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.
² Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook, IL, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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Oliver A Cornely et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;16(8):886-7.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30192-X.

¹ 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.
² Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook, IL, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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Isavuconazole treatment for mucormycosis: a single-arm open-label trial and case-control analysis.
Marty FM, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Cornely OA, Mullane KM, Perfect JR, Thompson GR 3rd, Alangaden GJ, Brown JM, Fredricks DN, Heinz WJ, Herbrecht R, Klimko N, Klyasova G, Maertens JA, Melinkeri SR, Oren I, Pappas PG, Ráčil Z, Rahav G, Santos R, Schwartz S, Vehreschild JJ, Young JH, Chetchotisakd P, Jaruratanasirikul S, Kanj SS, Engelhardt M, Kaufhold A, Ito M, Lee M, Sasse C, Maher RM, Zeiher B, Vehreschild MJGT; VITAL and FungiScope Mucormycosis Investigators. Marty FM, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Jul;16(7):828-837. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00071-2. Epub 2016 Mar 9. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 26969258 Clinical Trial.
The VITAL study: case control studies are hypothesis-generating.
Spellberg B, Brass E. Spellberg B, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Aug;16(8):886. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30154-2. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 27477970 No abstract available.