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 |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | 2018 | Human | Escherichia coli | 36 | Plasmid | IncX4 | mcr-1 | 1 | ST1408 | 60 |
ST - sequence type.