Mortality from Bacterial Infections Resistant to Antibiotics (MBIRA) study

The MBIRA project is focused on bloodstream infections (=bacteraemia) caused by Gram-negative enteric bacteria (Enterobacteria, such as E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae) and includes patients of all age groups, from neonates to adults. The aim was to gather data across a range of hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa to inform larger global burden of disease analyses. A total of 820 bacterial isolates had undergone whole-genome sequencing at the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute.