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Repurposing Thiram and Disulfiram as Antibacterial Agents for Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections.

Timothy E Long1.   

Abstract

Thiram and disulfiram were evaluated as antibacterial agents against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Against a 30-member panel comprised of vancomycin-susceptible, vancomycin-intermediate, and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus strains, the MIC90 values of the respective test agents were 4 and 16 μg/ml. Additional analyses revealed that thiram and disulfiram are rapid-acting bacteriostatic agents with narrow, Gram-positive-bacterium spectrum activity. Synergy studies further determined that disulfiram increases the vancomycin susceptibility of three clinical vancomycin-resistant S. aureus strains in vitro, thus establishing a potential use in combination therapy.
Copyright © 2017 American Society for Microbiology.

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Keywords:  MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; VISA; VRSA; combination therapy; disulfiram; synergy; thiram; vancomycin

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Year:  2017        PMID: 28674046      PMCID: PMC5571293          DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00898-17

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother        ISSN: 0066-4804            Impact factor:   5.191


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