The CHBG Editorial team withdraws the protocol by Falavigna M, Kieling C, Wolff FH, Medeiros LRF, Cheinquer H. Antibiotics for hepatic encephalopathy [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD006314. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006314 as of today, 25 July 2017 because the systematic review could not be developed on time, and a new team of authors overtook the review topic 28 June 2016. A completely new protocol was published in The Cochrane Library 24 July 2017 with the following citation: Jeyaraj R, Morgan MY, Gluud LL. Aminoglycosides and metronidazole for people with cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD012734. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012734. We expect that the review will be developed and published within the following year and a half.