Category Archives: j ped gastro nut
Fecal transplant paper pulled for “personal issue”
Last month, the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition pulled an article on fecal transplantation for a reason that, well, doesn’t pass the sniff test. The paper, by Sonia Michail of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, appeared online in October 2017 and described a randomized controlled trial of fecal transplants to treat kids with ulcerative colitis. … Continue reading Fecal transplant paper pulled for “personal issue”
Paper on liver failure in babies withdrawn for lab mix-up
A paper on liver failure in infants has been retracted due to a lab error, though the author contends that the paper still holds a valuable message for pediatricians — one that could save lives. To get to that, though, we had to make it through what turns out to be an unnecessarily vague retraction […]
IRB issues force retraction of ulcer bug bacteria paper
A group of Turkish researchers has had a paper retracted on how to treat the bacterium that cause ulcers after the journal’s editors found “issues related to the institutional review board approval” of the project.
Here’s the retraction notice from the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition:
“Comparison of Sequential and Standard Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Eradication in Children and Investigation of Clarithromycin Resistance,” by Baris Erdur, Yesim Ozturk, Ebru D. Gurbuz, and Ozlem Yilmaz, has been retracted by the editors of JPGN after finding issues related to the institutional review board approval of the project.
David Branski, MD, and Melvin B. Heyman, MD, MPH
Editors-in-Chief
The original study was of 44 kids.
We’ve contacted Erdur, Branski, and Heyman for comment, and will update with anything we learn.
