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Here we show that the antiparasitic drug nitazoxanide (NTZ) and its active metabolite, tizoxanide (TIZ), are inhibitory to the growth of\n            <jats:italic>Staphylococcus epidermidis<\/jats:italic>\n            and other staphylococci, including methicillin-resistant\n            <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n            strains, under aerobic and microaerobic conditions (MICs, 8 to 16 \u03bcg\/ml). At sub-MIC levels, NTZ and TIZ also inhibited biofilm production under static conditions by strains of\n            <jats:italic>S. epidermidis<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>Staphylococcus haemolyticus<\/jats:italic>\n            with a 50% inhibitory concentration of \u223c2.5 \u03bcg\/ml (8 \u03bcM). The 5-nitro group was required for biological activity, and a hydrophilic derivative of NTZ (AMIX) also inhibited biofilm formation. NTZ did not disperse the existing biofilm but did block further accumulation. Sub-MICs of NTZ had no effect on primary attachment to surfaces at either 4 or 37\u00b0C. The inhibitory action of NTZ and TIZ, but not vancomycin, on biofilm production could be reversed by the addition of zinc salts (2.5 to 40 \u03bcM) but not other metals, suggesting that NTZ might target the zinc-dependent accumulation-associated protein (Aap) that mediates accumulation on surfaces. However, neither NTZ nor TIZ formed chelation complexes with zinc salts, based on spectrophotometric and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses, and addition of excess zinc to NTZ-grown bacteria (apo-Aap) did not restore the accumulation phenotype. 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