RETRACTION: Acute Pancreatitis Associated with the Antibiotic Levofloxacin: A Rare Case Report

TL;DR

This retracted paper discusses a rare case of acute pancreatitis linked to the antibiotic levofloxacin.

Contribution

The paper reports a rare association between levofloxacin use and acute pancreatitis.

Findings

A case of acute pancreatitis was observed in a patient taking levofloxacin.

The condition resolved after discontinuation of the antibiotic.

The report highlights the rare adverse effect of levofloxacin.

Abstract

RETRACTION:
InbanP.
,
GullaV.
,
DevaniA.
,
AkumaC. M.
,
GowthavaramC. A.
,
HussainA.
,
AungL. L. L.
,
JadavN.
,
SavaliyaB.
,
SajjadT.
,
KhanA. M.
,
AkumaO
,
KelechiA. E.
, “Acute Pancreatitis Associated with the Antibiotic Levofloxacin: A Rare Case Report,” Clinical Case Reports
11, no. 12 (2023): e8186, 10.1002/ccr3.8186.38033693
PMC10682242

The above article, published online on 27 November 2023 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor‐in‐Chief, Roberto Berebichez‐Fridman; and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to significant overlap found between this article and the following article published on 31 July 2023 in Cureus Journal of Medical Science, “A Rare Case of Levofloxacin‐Induced Acute Pancreatitis: Case Report and Literature Review” by O. Omoregie, U. T. Ugwuoke, O. Agho, U. C. Okonna, W. U. Iklaki, G. C. Okoro, Cureus 15, no. 7 (2023): e42743 (https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42743). The authors were contacted for comment but did not respond.