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 language | English |
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| Article number | e02445-19 |
| Journal | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2020 |
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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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