# RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis of Interleukin‐6 as a Valid and Accurate Index in Diagnosing Early Neonatal Sepsis

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70633 · 2025-04-23

## TL;DR

This retraction notice states that a paper on using interleukin-6 to diagnose neonatal sepsis was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalidated due to a compromised peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted after an investigation revealed a compromised peer review process.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

SunB.
, 
LiangL.F.
, 
LiJ.
, 
YangD.
, 
ZhaoX.B.
, and 
ZhangK.G.
, “A Meta‐Analysis of Interleukin‐6 as a Valid and Accurate Index in Diagnosing Early Neonatal Sepsis,” International Wound Journal
16, no. 2 (2019): 527–533, 10.1111/iwj.13079.30734480
PMC7948874

The above article, published online on 7 February 2019, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Linked entities

- **Proteins:** IL6 (interleukin 6)
- **Diseases:** neonatal sepsis (MONDO:0700217)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** IL6 (interleukin 6) [NCBI Gene 3569] {aka BSF-2, BSF2, CDF, HGF, HSF, IFN-beta-2}
- **Diseases:** Neonatal Sepsis (MESH:D000071074)

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12015196