Metagenomic sequencing of the skin microbiota of the scalp predicting the risk of surgical site infections following surgery of traumatic brain injury in sub-Saharan Africa

• Hervé Monka Lekuya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lekuya.monka@mak.ac.ug

  Affiliations Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1913-4378

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• David Patrick Kateete,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Geofrey Olweny,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8447-8479

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• Edgar Kigozi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Larrey Kasereka Kamabu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Safari Paterne Mudekereza,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculté of Médecine, Neurosurgery Unit, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, DRC

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• Rose Nantambi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ronald Mbiine,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Fredrick Makumbi,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Stephen Cose,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Research Council, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Entebbe, Uganda

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• Jelle Vandersteene,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Edward Baert,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8409-6366

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• Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery/Human Structure & Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Moses Galukande

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery/Neurosurgery, CHS, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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