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Retraction

RETRACTED: Bellomo et al. Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 1093

by
Anna Rita Bellomo
1,
Giulia Rotondi
2,
Prudenza Rago
1,
Silvia Bloise
1,
Luigi Di Ruzza
3,
Annamaria Zingoni
4,
Susanna Di Valerio
5,
Eliana Valzano
5,
Francesco Di Pierro
6,7,*,
Massimiliano Cazzaniga
6,
Alexander Bertuccioli
8,
Luigina Guasti
7,
Nicola Zerbinati
7 and
Riccardo Lubrano
1
1
Dipartimento Materno Infantile e di Scienze Urologiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, UOC di Pediatria e Neonatologia-Polo Pontino, 04100 Latina, Italy
2
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Gaslini Children Hospital and Research Institute, 16147 Genoa, Italy
3
UOC Pediatria e Nido, Ospedale S.S. Trinità, 03039 Sora, Italy
4
UOC Pediatria e Neonatologia, Ospedale G.B. Grassi, 00122 Ostia, Italy
5
UOC Neonatologia e Terapia Intensiva Neonatale, Ospedale S. Spirito, 65124 Pescara, Italy
6
Scientific & Research Department, Velleja Research, 20125 Milan, Italy
7
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
8
Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Microorganisms 2025, 13(9), 2097; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13092097
Submission received: 24 July 2025 / Accepted: 6 August 2025 / Published: 9 September 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue State of the Art of Gut Microbiota in Italy (2023, 2024))
Versions Notes
The journal retracts the article, “Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial” [1].
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the publisher related to ethical oversight [1].
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and the Editorial Board, with input from a representative of the Sapienza University of Rome, that confirmed that this study does not fully adhere to MDPI’s Research Involving Human Subjects policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark9). As a result, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this article [1], in line with MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Microorganisms.
The authors, Anna Rita Bellomo, Giulia Rotondi, Prudenza Rago, Silvia Bloise, and Riccardo Lubrano, agree to this retraction. The remaining authors did not provide a comment on this decision.

Reference

  1. Bellomo, A.R.; Rotondi, G.; Rago, P.; Bloise, S.; Di Ruzza, L.; Zingoni, A.; Di Valerio, S.; Valzano, E.; Di Pierro, F.; Cazzaniga, M.; et al. RETRACTED: Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 1093. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Bellomo, A.R.; Rotondi, G.; Rago, P.; Bloise, S.; Di Ruzza, L.; Zingoni, A.; Di Valerio, S.; Valzano, E.; Di Pierro, F.; Cazzaniga, M.; et al. RETRACTED: Bellomo et al. Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 1093. Microorganisms 2025, 13, 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13092097

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Bellomo AR, Rotondi G, Rago P, Bloise S, Di Ruzza L, Zingoni A, Di Valerio S, Valzano E, Di Pierro F, Cazzaniga M, et al. RETRACTED: Bellomo et al. Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 1093. Microorganisms. 2025; 13(9):2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13092097

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Bellomo, Anna Rita, Giulia Rotondi, Prudenza Rago, Silvia Bloise, Luigi Di Ruzza, Annamaria Zingoni, Susanna Di Valerio, Eliana Valzano, Francesco Di Pierro, Massimiliano Cazzaniga, and et al. 2025. "RETRACTED: Bellomo et al. Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 1093" Microorganisms 13, no. 9: 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13092097

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Bellomo, A. R., Rotondi, G., Rago, P., Bloise, S., Di Ruzza, L., Zingoni, A., Di Valerio, S., Valzano, E., Di Pierro, F., Cazzaniga, M., Bertuccioli, A., Guasti, L., Zerbinati, N., & Lubrano, R. (2025). RETRACTED: Bellomo et al. Effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum Supplementation in Newborns Born from Cesarean Section on Atopy, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Dyspeptic Syndromes: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 1093. Microorganisms, 13(9), 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13092097

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