Reply to Tantibhedhyangkul et al., 'Suspected Mycoplasma Contamination in the Study "Toll-Like Receptor 2 Recognizes Orientia tsutsugamushi and Increases Susceptibility to Murine Experimental Scrub Typhus"'.

Tantibhedhyangkul et al. speculate that the data presented in our recent study ([1][1]) may have been influenced by Mycoplasma sp. contaminating the Karp strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi.They raise attention to a relevant point that was addressed by us before the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) study