An SHV-derived extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 1999/5;43(5):1281-4.

Naas T[1], Philippon L, Poirel L, Ronco E, Nordmann P

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Abstract
A clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa RP-1 produced the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) SHV-2a. Its gene was expressed from a composite promoter made of the -35 region derived from the left inverted repeat of IS26 and the -10 region from the blaSHV-2a promoter itself. The DNA sequences immediately surrounding blaSHV-2a were homologous to plasmid pMPA2a from Klebsiella pneumoniae KpZU-3, while further away and 3' to the blaSHV-2a gene, a sequence corresponding to the left end of Tn1721 was detected, thus indicating a likely enterobacterial origin of this ESBL gene.
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