The
rising prevalence of multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired
infections has increased the need for new antibacterial agents. In
this study, a library of 1586 FDA-approved drugs was screened against
A. calcoaceticus
, a representative of the
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–baumannii
complex. Three
compounds were found to have previously undiscovered antibacterial
properties against
A. calcoaceticus
: antifungal Miconazole, anthelminthic Dichlorophen, and Bithionol.
These three drugs were tested against a wide range of Gram-positive
and Gram-negative bacteria and confirmed to have broad-spectrum antibacterial
properties. Combinations of these three drugs were also tested against
the same bacteria, and two novel combination therapies with synergistic
effects were discovered. In the future, antibacterial properties of
these three drugs and two combination therapies will be evaluated
against pathogenic bacteria using an animal model.
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