Repurposing of antidepression drug sertraline for antimicrobial activity against<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>: a potential approach for the treatment of osteomyelitis

Abstract

We report a potential approach to synthesize the repurposed sertraline drug-loaded hydroxyapatite nanoparticles using eggshell as the calcium source<italic>via</italic>the<italic>in situ</italic>precipitation method for the treatment of osteomyelitis.