Future Med Chem
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School & Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Published: June 2019
The orphan drug auranofin was recently found to exhibit antimicrobial properties. We explored the efficacy of auranofin by evaluating the minimal inhibitory concentration against a collection of over 500 clinical isolates derived from multiple institutions, inclusive of drug resistant strains. Our evaluation also included continuous exposure of bacteria to auranofin. We found that minimal inhibitory concentrations ranged between 0.125 and 1 mg/l, exerting robust antimicrobial activity against a sizeable clinical collection of the bacteria. Further, we evaluated the propensity of the methicillin-resistant strain MW2 to develop resistance through extended exposure to auranofin. After 25 days, the bacteria remained susceptible. Our data suggest that resistance mechanisms do not currently exist to block auranofin antimicrobial activity.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7202268 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2018-0544 | DOI Listing |
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