Surgical site infections are one of the most common associated infections in the low middle-income countries. As per studies conducted in India, they make up to 14-16% of inpatient infections. Objective of present study was to evaluate the risk factors associated with caesarean surgical site infections and the bacteria causing these infections and the antibiotic sensitivity and resistance pattern of the pathogens isolated.

A total of 2000 cases who underwent caesarean section were included and all women completed one month follow up post operatively. Among them CSSI was found in 6.5% of cases.

Kalpana Basany, Sirshendu Chaudhuri, Lakshmi Shailaja P, Varun Agiwal, Neelima Angaali, Nirupama A. Y, Shailendra D, Catherine Haggerty, P. S. Reddy. Prospective cohort study of surgical site infections following single dose antibiotic prophylaxis in caesarean section at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Medchal, India. PLoS ONE 19(1):e0286165 on January 25, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286165