title: Integron-encoded GES-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase with increased activity toward aztreonam in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain expresses an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, GES-9, which differs from GES-1 by a Gly243Ser substitution, is inhibited by clavulanic acid and imipenem, and hydrolyzes aztreonam. The bla(GES-9) gene was located inside a class 1 integron structure containing two copies of a novel insertion sequence belonging to the IS1111 family.
authors.affiliation: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre cedex, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poirel
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brinas
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fortineau
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001398:Aztreonam / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons; D007700:Kinetics; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D001618:beta-Lactamases; D001398:Aztreonam