title: Molecular analysis of metallo-beta-lactamase gene bla(SPM-1)-surrounding sequences from disseminated Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Recife, Brazil.
abstract: The spread of clonally related carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing the metallo-beta-lactamase SPM-1 was found in Recife, Brazil. Upstream of bla(SPM-1), a novel common region (CR4) was identified, comprising an open reading frame, orf495, whose product shares significant identity with putative recombinases, such as Orf513. CR4 may be responsible for mobilization and expression of bla(SPM-1).
authors.affiliation: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poirel
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magalhaes
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001618:beta-Lactamases