Reviewer's report 
 Spectrum and antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria contaminating upper gut in patients with Title: 
malabsorption syndrome from the tropics 
Authors: 
Dr Ujjala Ghoshal ( ujjala@sgpgi.ac.in )
Uday C Ghoshal ( ghoshal@sgpgi.ac.in )
Piyush Ranjan ( pranjan@sgpgi.ac.in )
Subhash R Naik ( ghoshal@sgpgi.ac.in )
Archana Ayyagari ( archana@sgpgi.ac.in )
 4  4 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Mark Pimentel Reviewer: 
 not specified Level of interest: 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
The changes made by the authors are satisfactory. From my perspective, the 
symptom response of the paper was not adequately done and this has now been 
removed entirely. The main thrust of the paper is now the antibiotic 
sensitivity of organisms in sprue. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Reviewer's report 
 Spectrum and antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria contaminating upper gut in patients with Title: 
malabsorption syndrome from the tropics 
Authors: 
Dr Ujjala Ghoshal ( ujjala@sgpgi.ac.in )
Uday C Ghoshal ( ghoshal@sgpgi.ac.in )
Piyush Ranjan ( pranjan@sgpgi.ac.in )
Subhash R Naik ( ghoshal@sgpgi.ac.in )
Archana Ayyagari ( archana@sgpgi.ac.in )
 4  4 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Mark Pimentel Reviewer: 
 not specified Level of interest: 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
The changes made by the authors are satisfactory. From my perspective, the 
symptom response of the paper was not adequately done and this has now been 
removed entirely. The main thrust of the paper is now the antibiotic 
sensitivity of organisms in sprue. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Spectrum and antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria contaminating upper gut in patients with Title: 
malabsorption syndrome from the tropics 
Authors: 
Dr Ujjala Ghoshal ( ujjala@sgpgi.ac.in )
Uday C Ghoshal ( ghoshal@sgpgi.ac.in )
Piyush Ranjan ( pranjan@sgpgi.ac.in )
Subhash R Naik ( ghoshal@sgpgi.ac.in )
Archana Ayyagari ( archana@sgpgi.ac.in )
 4  4 Apr 2003 Version: Date: 
 Mark Pimentel Reviewer: 
 not specified Level of interest: 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
The changes made by the authors are satisfactory. From my perspective, the 
symptom response of the paper was not adequately done and this has now been 
removed entirely. The main thrust of the paper is now the antibiotic 
sensitivity of organisms in sprue. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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