The paper titled “The beneficial effect of direct peritoneal resuscitation on septic shock in rats” [1], published in BioMed Research International (formerly titled Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology), has been retracted as it was found to contain a substantial amount of material from following published article: “Direct peritoneal resuscitation as adjunct to conventional resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock: a better outcome,” Surgery, vol. 136, no. 4, pp. 900-908, 2004.