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Environmental Microbiology • Braz. J. Microbiol. 40 (1) • Mar 2009 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822009000100013   copy

Spread of Metallo-β-lactamases: screening reveals the presence of a BLA SPM-1 gene in hospital sewage in southern Brazil

Disseminação de Metalo-β-Lactamases: triagem revela a presença do gene BLA SPM-1 em efluente hospitalar no Sul do Brasil

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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.

Metallo-β-Lactamases; hospital sewage; P. aeruginosa; bacterial resistance

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