Prospective cohort study of surgical site infections following single dose antibiotic prophylaxis in caesarean section at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Medchal, India

Kalpana Basany; Sirshendu Chaudhuri; Lakshmi Shailaja P.; Varun Agiwal; Neelima Angaali; Nirupama A. Y.; Shailendra D.; Catherine Haggerty; P. S. Reddy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0286165

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Prospective cohort study of surgical site infections following single dose antibiotic prophylaxis in caesarean section at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Medchal, India

Kalpana Basany ,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: kalpanabasany@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Society for Health Allied Research and Education, INDIA MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Sirshendu Chaudhuri,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Lakshmi Shailaja P.,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Varun Agiwal,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Neelima Angaali,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Nirupama A. Y.,

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Shailendra D.,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, SHARE INDIA, MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5037-214X

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Catherine Haggerty,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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P. S. Reddy

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Society for Health Allied Research and Education, INDIA MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Prospective cohort study of surgical site infections following single dose antibiotic prophylaxis in caesarean section at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Medchal, India

Kalpana Basany,
Sirshendu Chaudhuri,
Lakshmi Shailaja P.,
Varun Agiwal,
Neelima Angaali,
Nirupama A. Y.,
Shailendra D.,
Catherine Haggerty,
P. S. Reddy

Published: January 25, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286165

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