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RETRACTION: Prevalence of Surgical Site Wound Infection After Spine Surgery in Nasal Colonization of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus : A Meta‐Analysis
TL;DR
This retracted study aimed to analyze the link between nasal colonization of MRSA and surgical site infections after spine surgery.
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The paper's meta-analysis was retracted due to a compromised peer review and significant textual overlap with another study.
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The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
Significant textual overlap was found with another article on the same topic.
Abstract
RETRACTION: ImamM. S. , Abdel‐SattarR. M. , AlqarniF. , AljumayiS. Y. S. , AltukhaisI. , AltukhaysA. S. , and AbdelrahimM. E. A. , “Prevalence of Surgical Site Wound Infection After Spine Surgery in Nasal Colonization of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 3 (2024): e14470, 10.1111/iwj.14470.37909167 PMC10898389 The above article, published online on 01 November 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between the methods and discussions sections of…
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TopicsSurgical site infection prevention · Mycobacterium research and diagnosis · Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
RETRACTION:
M. S. Imam , R. M. Abdel‐Sattar , F. Alqarni , S. Y. S. Aljumayi , I. Altukhais , A. S. Altukhays , and M. E. A. Abdelrahim , “Prevalence of Surgical Site Wound Infection After Spine Surgery in Nasal Colonization of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 3 (2024): e14470, 10.1111/iwj.14470.37909167 PMC10898389
The above article, published online on 01 November 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap between the methods and discussions sections of this article and another article by different authors [1]. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
Reference
[1] J. Ning , J. Wang , S. Zhang , and X. Sha “Nasal colonization of Staphylococcus aureus and the risk of surgical site infection after spine surgery: a meta‐analysis” The Spine Journal 20, no. 3 (2020): 448–456, 10.1016/j.spinee.2019.10.009.31669610