Following publication of this article [1] we noted that we had made an error in the authorship list. The correct details can be found as above.
The authors contributions section should be updated as follows:
A.Al-T. designed this study. Wedad Saleem performed data analysis and drafted the manuscript. N. Al-A. provided assistance with data collection and manuscript revision. S.D. collected samples and clinical data, participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis. G.W. was involved in the concept and design of the study and he analysed the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Footnotes
The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-502.
Contributor Information
Asma A Al-Thani, Email: aaja@qu.edu.qa.
Wedad S Hamdi, Email: wedad.s@qu.edu.qa.
Naser A Al-Ansari, Email: Nalansari2@hmc.org.qa.
Sanjay H Doiphode, Email: SDOIPHODE@hmc.org.qav.
Godwin Justus Wilson, Email: gwilson@hmc.org.qa.
Reference
- 1.Al-Thani AA, Hamdi WS, Al-Ansari NA, Doiphode SH. Polymerase chain reaction ribotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates in Qatar: a hospital-based study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014;14:502. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-502. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]