title: Spread of Metallo-β-lactamases: screening reveals the presence of aBLA SPM-1 gene in hospital sewage in southern Brazil.
abstract: Of 396 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from hospital sewage, the blaSPM-1 gene was confirmed in nine. This is the first report of environmental P. aeruginosa strains carrying the blaSPM-1 gene in Brazil. The carbapenem resistance, already disseminated among clinical isolates, has been detected among environmental isolates.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Agrícola e do Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, RS , Brasil.
authors.forename: Daiane Bopp
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Fuentefria
authors.forename: Alessandra Einsfeld
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Tiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gräf
authors.forename: Gertrudes
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corção
keywords: Metallo-β-Lactamases; P. aeruginosa; bacterial resistance; hospital sewage
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