Table 3. Distribution of the studies describing colistin resistance in West Africa.
Country | Year | Source | Organism | Number of isolates exhibiting colistin resistance | Mechanism | Plasmid | Genes detected | Number of isolates positives for mcr genes | ST | References |
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Nigeria | 2019 | Human | Escherichia coli | 21 | Plasmid | ND | mcr-1 | 2 | ND | 58 |
Nigeria | 2018 | Multiple sources | Escherichia coli | 5 | Plasmid | ND | mcr-1 | 5 | ND | 59 |
ND - not determined; ST - sequence type.