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Table 4. Distribution of the studies describing colistin resistance in Central Africa.

Country Year Source Organism Number of isolates exhibiting colistin resistance Mechanism Plasmid Genes detected Number of isolates positives for mcr genes ST References
São Tomé and Príncipe 2018 Human Escherichia coli 36 Plasmid IncX4 mcr-1 1 ST1408 60

ST - sequence type.