What is it about?
Hospital-associated devices are more prone to pathogenic bacterial colonization and lead to septic conditions if the patients implanted. Niclosamide is the FDA approved compound that can able to inhibit the colonization of pathogenic bacteria in the hospital-associated devices and inhibit bacterial biofilm.
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Why is it important?
Since the drug is FDA approved and cheap, the devices can coat with niclosamide.
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This page is a summary of: Repurposing niclosamide as a versatile antimicrobial surface coating against device-associated, hospital-acquired bacterial infections, Biomedical Materials, July 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing,
DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/aa7105.
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