Kai-Larsen, Ylva http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2375-3163
Grass, Stefan
Mody, Bhaumik
Upadhyay, Swati
Trivedi, Hargovind L.
Pal, Dilip. K.
Babu, Santosh
Bawari, Bikash
Singh, Shrawan. K.
Article History
Received: 16 October 2020
Accepted: 10 February 2021
First Online: 25 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval of the study documentation was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (i.e. ethical committee) at each participating hospital. Participants provided written, informed consent before any study-related procedures were performed. For illiterate patients, a thumb-print signifying verbal consent along with a signature from a legally acceptable representative was obtained.
: The co-authors have agreed to allow the corresponding author to serve as the primary correspondent with the editorial office, and to review the edited typescript and proof for final publication.
: Bactiguard was the sponsor of this study, and the authors SG and YKL are Bactiguard employees/stock owners. No other authors have any conflict of interest to declare.