Here, the authors report the results of a BARNARDS sub-study identifying a 1% mobile colistin resistance gene (mcr) carriage rate in around 5000 rectal swabs from mothers and neonates across Nigeria, of which 90% were mcr-10 (mostly Enterobacter spp.) and 10% were mcr-1 and mcr9.
- E. A. R. Portal
- K. Sands
- O. B. Spiller