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Correction: Khan et al. Adherence to Antibacterial Therapy and Associated Factors in Lower Respiratory Infections in War-Affected Areas: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 977

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Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
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Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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International Research Centre for Medicinal Administration (IRCMA), Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad 46000, Pakistan
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Antibiotics 2025, 14(12), 1272; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14121272
Submission received: 28 November 2025 / Accepted: 8 December 2025 / Published: 16 December 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship)

Text Correction

There was an error in the original publication [1]. The corrected paragraphs are provided below:
1. Section 2.2:
“The overall MMAS-8 scores were categorized as low (<6), medium (6 to <8), and high (8) adherence.”
2. Section 4.9.2:
“In accordance with the MMAS-8 scoring protocol, total scores range from 0 to 8, categorized as low (<6), medium (6 to <8), and high adherence (8), as follows in the current study [39].”
3. Section 4.12:
“Professor Donald E. Morisky, who developed the MMAS-8 (U.S. Copyright Registration TX0008632533), permitted us to use it in this study (Supplementary Material File S2).”
4. Section Supplementary Material:
“File S1: CONSORT Checklist. File S2: Morisky Widget Retroactive & Corrective License.”

Reference Correction

There is a new citation, number 39.
“39.  Moon, S.J.; Lee, W.Y.; Hwang, J.S.; Hong, Y.P.; Morisky, D.E. Accuracy of a screening tool for medication adherence: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8. PLoS ONE 2017, 12, e0187139. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187139.”
The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.

Reference

  1. Khan, F.U.; Khan, F.U.; Wushouer, H.; Shi, L.; Fang, Y. Adherence to Antibacterial Therapy and Associated Factors in Lower Respiratory Infections in War-Affected Areas: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 977. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Khan, F.U.; Khan, F.U.; Wushouer, H.; Shi, L.; Fang, Y. Correction: Khan et al. Adherence to Antibacterial Therapy and Associated Factors in Lower Respiratory Infections in War-Affected Areas: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 977. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 1272. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14121272

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Khan FU, Khan FU, Wushouer H, Shi L, Fang Y. Correction: Khan et al. Adherence to Antibacterial Therapy and Associated Factors in Lower Respiratory Infections in War-Affected Areas: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 977. Antibiotics. 2025; 14(12):1272. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14121272

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Khan, Faiz Ullah, Farman Ullah Khan, Haishaerjiang Wushouer, Luwen Shi, and Yu Fang. 2025. "Correction: Khan et al. Adherence to Antibacterial Therapy and Associated Factors in Lower Respiratory Infections in War-Affected Areas: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 977" Antibiotics 14, no. 12: 1272. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14121272

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Khan, F. U., Khan, F. U., Wushouer, H., Shi, L., & Fang, Y. (2025). Correction: Khan et al. Adherence to Antibacterial Therapy and Associated Factors in Lower Respiratory Infections in War-Affected Areas: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 977. Antibiotics, 14(12), 1272. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14121272

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