Statement of retraction
The following article has been retracted from publication in the Taylor and Francis journal.
Critical Reviews in Microbiology:
Mathlouthi N, Al-Bayssari C, Bakour S, Rolain JM, Chouchani C, Prevalence and emergence of carbapenemases-producing Gram-negative bacteria in Mediterranean basin. Crit Rev Microbiol. 43:43–61. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/1040841X.2016.1160867. Version of Record published online 7 July 2016.
Subsequent to publication, it has been determined that the article contains significant overlap with the following earlier published works:
Cantón R, Akóva M, Carmeli Y, Giske CG, Glupczynski Y, Gniadkowski M, Livermore DM, Miriagou V, Naas T, Rossolini GM, et al. 2012. Rapid evolution and spread of carbapenemases among Enterobacteriaceae in Europe, Clin Microbiol Infec 18:413–431. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j0.1469–0691.2012.03821.x/full.
Djahmi N, Dunyach-Remy C, Pantel A, Dekhil M, Sotto A, Lavigne JP. 2014. Epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Mediterranean countries. BioMed Res Int. 1–11. Available from: http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8a1a/24f9e80c74b14e8d7e6a9f245b26137f3182.pdf.
World Health Organization. Antimicrobial resistance, global antimicrobial resistance surveillance system (GLASS). Available from: http://who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/global-action-plan/surveillance/glass/en/
The above three articles were not cited or otherwise acknowledged.
Taylor and Francis note we received, peer-reviewed, accepted and published the article in good faith based on warranties made by the authors with respect to originality and of our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and censure this action as it constitutes a breach of these warranties.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as retracted.