Pankaj Jay Pasricha

To the Editor: In response to the excellent report by Barakat et al, 1 Barakat M.T. Ghosh S. Banerjee S. Cost utility analysis of strategies for minimizing risk of duodenoscope related infections. Gastrointest Endosc. 95 () here is additional third-party data that may help refine conclusions about the utility of newer duodenoscopes that are beginning to be adopted in response to the concerns about bacterial contamination.

Subhash Kulkarni Pankaj Jay Pasricha Pankaj Jay Pasricha Correspondence Address all correspondence to: Pankaj Jay Pasricha, MD, Vice Chair of Medicine for Innovation and Commercialization, Professor of Medicine and Neurosciences, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology, Director, Amos Food Body and Mind Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 958, Baltimore, MD 21205 Affiliations Center for Neurogastroenterology, Johns Hopkins School of...

Research Article | Host-Microbe Biology Payal Joglekar, Hua Ding, Pablo Canales-Herrerias, Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Justin L. Sonnenburg, Daniel A. Peterson Andrew J. Macpherson, Invited Editor, Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Editor DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02324-19 ABSTRACT Gut-derived immunoglobulin A (IgA) is the most abundant antibody secreted in the gut that shapes gut microbiota composition and functionality.