The Journal publishes corrections when they are of significance to patient care, scientific data or record-keeping, or authorship, whether that error was made by an author, editor, or staff. Errata also appear in the online version and are attached to files downloaded from .
In the article entitled "Locally Administered Antibiotics for Prophylaxis Against Surgical Wound Infection. An in Vivo Study" (2007;89:929-33) by Yarboro et al., the American Type Culture Collection [ATCC] number given for the gentamicin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus was incorrect. The correct number is 25923.