Tejan, Nidhi
Fatima, Nida
Yaduvanshi, Nidhi
Singh, Romya
Pathak, Anchal
Hasan, Irfan
Patel, Sangram Singh
Sahu, Chinmoy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-7717
Article History
Received: 11 July 2025
Accepted: 15 September 2025
First Online: 10 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted after obtaining Institutional Ethical Committee, SGPGIMS (IEC, SGPGIMS) approval with Letter number- IEC code A-11-PGI/IMP/84/2021. Bacterial strains were collected as part of the routine clinical management of patients, according to the national guidelines in India (Clinical trial number: not applicable). Therefore, informed consent was not sought, and informed consent waiver was approved by the institutional ethical committee of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute, Lucknow, UP, India, 226014. The study was conducted in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and all of its amendments. All patient data was kept confidential and secured. The collected patient information was used only for research purposes.Ethical clearance was taken from the institute ethical clearance committee under the letter number- IEC code A-11-PGI/IMP/84/2021.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.