Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Medical Bacteriology 2251-8649 13 3 2025 08 23 476 476 Mohammad Reza Mohammadi Tarbiat Modares University 2022 03 31 2022 12 02    The article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Post-publication, an investigation performed by TUMS Ethics office on behalf of the journal detected duplicate publication of the same research. The author was unable to satisfactorily respond the journal questions regarding this situation nor to provide accurate and reliable responses regarding the correctness of the claimed affiliation. Consequently, the editor has decided to retract it. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal since this was not detected during the publication process. https://jmb.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmb/article/view/476