Correction to: J Transl Med (2018) 16:24 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-018-1392-z

The original version of this article [1], published on 6 February 2018, contains a mistake in the ‘Conclusions’ section. The corrected version of the affected sentence is given below and the corrected part is marked in bold.

  • It is unclear whether the reduction in Streptococcus is particularly beneficial in some ME/CFS patients or whether other concurrent microbial shifts are equally or more valuable (i.e., increased Bacteroides and/or reduced Clostridium).