EXPRESSION OF CONCERN
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM) are issuing this Expression of Concern regarding the following publication:
Edouard S, Courtois GD, Gautret P, Jouve J-L, Minodier P, Noël G,Roche A, Brouqui P, Stein A, Drancourt M, Fournier P-E, Raoult D. 2016. High prevalence of Mycoplasma faucium DNA in the human oropharynx. J Clin Microbiol 54(1):194–196. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02068-15.
The American Society for Microbiology was notified that the above-mentioned paper is being reviewed as part of a “scientific misconduct investigation” by the University of Aix Marseille.
This Expression of Concern is issued pending the outcome of the investigation and will be updated accordingly thereafter.