Reviewer's report
Title:Low Rate of recurrence of Helicobacter Pylori infection in spite of high
clarithromycin resistance in Pakistan
Version: 1Date:23 November 2012
Reviewer: Barbara Schneider
Reviewer's report:
Yakoob et al describes a study involving treatment of symptomatic patients for H.
pylori infection, and follow-up of 1 year, to see if eradication was persistent. This
is a second review of the manuscript, following its revision. Although most of the
textual problems have been corrected, the larger problem remains that the paper
continues to discuss reinfection vs recrudescence determined by an insensitive
method of establishing whether the strains are the same or different. This
language is confusing to the unwary reader. This problem could be solved with
more conservative language, as was detailed in the first review.
Textual issues:
On page 12, line 3 from bottom, the meaning of “could not follow” is not clear. Do
the authors mean “could not be done”?
Reviewer's report
Title:Low Rate of recurrence of Helicobacter Pylori infection in spite of high
clarithromycin resistance in Pakistan
Version: 1Date:23 November 2012
Reviewer: Barbara Schneider
Reviewer's report:
Yakoob et al describes a study involving treatment of symptomatic patients for H.
pylori infection, and follow-up of 1 year, to see if eradication was persistent. This
is a second review of the manuscript, following its revision. Although most of the
textual problems have been corrected, the larger problem remains that the paper
continues to discuss reinfection vs recrudescence determined by an insensitive
method of establishing whether the strains are the same or different. This
language is confusing to the unwary reader. This problem could be solved with
more conservative language, as was detailed in the first review.
Textual issues:
On page 12, line 3 from bottom, the meaning of “could not follow” is not clear. Do
the authors mean “could not be done”?
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Low Rate of recurrence of Helicobacter Pylori infection in spite of high
clarithromycin resistance in Pakistan
Version: 1Date:23 November 2012
Reviewer: Barbara Schneider
Reviewer's report:
Yakoob et al describes a study involving treatment of symptomatic patients for H.
pylori infection, and follow-up of 1 year, to see if eradication was persistent. This
is a second review of the manuscript, following its revision. Although most of the
textual problems have been corrected, the larger problem remains that the paper
continues to discuss reinfection vs recrudescence determined by an insensitive
method of establishing whether the strains are the same or different. This
language is confusing to the unwary reader. This problem could be solved with
more conservative language, as was detailed in the first review.
Textual issues:
On page 12, line 3 from bottom, the meaning of “could not follow” is not clear. Do
the authors mean “could not be done”?
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