In the article by Sugiyama et al. (Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition 2020; 66(2): 152–157) “The association among enterobacterial flora, dietary factors, and prognosis in patients with ulcerative colitis,” an error appeared in Table 2. The data of remission group and the data of relapse group were opposite results. As this result, relapse and remission were switched on page 152, lines 12–17 in abstract section and on page 153, lines 20–22 in results section. This correction is limited to this column and no influence on the discussion and conclusion of the study. The corrected Table 2 and sentence were shown as follows.
Table 2.
Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
| Remission group (n = 39) |
Relapse group (n = 7) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population** (% of total sequences) | Detection rate (%)* | Population** (% of total sequences) | Detection rate (%)* | ||
| Bifidobacterium spp. | 12.1 (7.2–17.5) | 94.8 | 6.7 (2.1–25.0) | 100 | |
| Order Lactobacillales | 8.9 (2.2–13.9) | 100# | 4.1 (1.1–21.9) | 71.4 | |
| Bacteroides spp. | 40.2 (34.4–50.6) | 100 | 41.5 (28.1–53.5) | 100 | |
| Clostridium cluster IV | 6.8 (0.6–10.0) | 84.6 | 3.5 (1.3–5.4) | 100 | |
| Clostridium cluster Ⅸ | 1.8 (0.6–6.1) | 87.1 | 1.3 (1.2–4.1) | 85.7 | |
| Clostridium cluster XI | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 46.1 | 0.5 (0.3–0.5) | 85.7 | |
| Clostridium subcluster XIVa | 12.6 (8.2–20.0) | 100 | 9.5 (6.8–17.3) | 100 | |
| Clostridium cluster XVIII | 1.6 (0.9–2.1) | 94.8 | 0.7 (0.4–2.2) | 85.7 | |
| Prevotella spp. | 0.0 (0.0–0.8) | 30.7 | 0.0 (0.0–0.3) | 28.5 | |
| Others | 4.6 (3.3–7.4) | 100 | 5.3 (5.0–7.2) | 100 | |
Data are median (interquartile range), #p<0.05 vs Relapse group. *Chi-squared test, **Mann-Whitney U test.
Overall, there were no significant differences in bacterial community populations between the remission and relapse groups, except that the order Lactobacillales was detected at a significantly higher rate in the remission group than in the relapse group (100% vs 71.4%, p<0.05). (page 152, lines 12–17 in abstract section)
However, in this analysis, the detection rate of the order Lactobacillales in the remission group was significantly higher than that in the relapse group (100% vs 71.4%, p<0.05). (page 153, lines 20–22 in results section)