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Scope and predictive genetic/phenotypic signatures of bicarbonate (NaHCO3) responsiveness and β-lactam sensitization in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

  • Selvi C. Ersoy
  • , Mariam Otmishi
  • , Vanessa T. Milan
  • , Liang Li
  • , Youngju Pak
  • , Jose Mediavilla
  • , Liang Chen
  • , Barry Kreiswirth
  • , Henry F. Chambers
  • , Richard A. Proctor
  • , Yan Q. Xiong
  • , Vance G. Fowler
  • , Arnold S. Bayer

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Abstract

Addition of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) to standard antimicrobial susceptibility testing medium reveals certain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains to be highly susceptible to β-lactams. We investigated the prevalence of this phenotype (NaHCO3 responsiveness) to two β-lactams among 58 clinical MRSA bloodstream isolates. Of note, ∼75% and ∼36% of isolates displayed the NaHCO3 responsiveness phenotype to cefazolin (CFZ) and oxacillin (OXA), respectively. Neither intrinsic β-lactam MICs in standard Mueller-Hinton broth (MHB) nor population analysis profiles were predictive of this phenotype. Several genotypic markers (clonal complex 8 [CC8]; agr I and spa t008) were associated with NaHCO3 responsiveness for OXA.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere02445-19
JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume64
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2020

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

Keywords

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
  • Beta-lactams
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Sodium bicarbonate

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