Timothy R Walsh

Timothy R Walsh

Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Oxford

Articles by: Timothy R Walsh

A Black woman holds a baby close to her chest

Newborns are colonized with antibiotic resistant bacteria

By Kirsty Sands, Edward AR Portal, Owen Spiller, Timothy R Walsh published

Babies in Nigeria are testing positive for bacteria resistant to colistin, though it's not clear whether they pick it up in utero, from their mothers, or from somewhere in the hospital.