Ability of Bicarbonate Supplementation to Sensitize Selected Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains to β-Lactam Antibiotics in an Ex Vivo Simulated Endocardial Vegetation Model
W. E. Rose, A. M. Bienvenida, Y. Q. Xiong, H. F. Chambers, A. Bayer, S. C. Ersoy
This study shows that bicarbonate supplementation increases β-lactam susceptibility in certain MRSA strains in an ex vivo endocarditis model, but not in others.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2019Microbiology