Repurposing salicylanilide anthelmintic drugs to combat drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive bacterium that has become the leading cause of hospital acquired infections in the US. Repurposing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs for antimicrobial therapy involves lower risks and costs compared to de novo development of novel antimicrobia...

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Main Authors: Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Annie L Conery, Wooseong Kim, Elamparithi Jayamani, Bumsup Kwon, Frederick M Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124595