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Thioridazine, a compound belonging to the phenothiazine group, has previous shown antimicrobial activity against <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>difficile<\/jats:italic>. The purpose of this present study was to investigate the potential of a novel phenothiazine derivative, JBC 1847, as an oral antimicrobial for treatment of intestinal pathogens and CDIs. The minimal inhibition concentration and the minimum bactericidal concentration of JBC 1847 against <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>difficile<\/jats:italic> ATCC 43255 were determined 4 \u03bcg\/mL and high tolerance after oral administration in mice was observed (up to 100 mg\/kg bodyweight). Pharmacokinetic modeling was conducted <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic> using GastroPlus<jats:sup>TM<\/jats:sup>, predicting low (&lt; 10%) systemic uptake after oral exposure and corresponding low C<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub> in plasma. Impact on the intestinal bacterial composition after four days of treatment was determined by 16s rRNA MiSeq sequencing and revealed only minor impact on the microbiota in non-clinically affected mice, and there was no difference between colony-forming unit (CFU)\/gram fecal material between JBC 1847 and placebo treated mice. The cytotoxicity of the compound was assessed in Caco-2 cell-line assays, in which indication of toxicity was not observed in concentrations up to seven times the minimal bactericidal concentration. In conclusion, the novel phenothiazine derivative demonstrated high antimicrobial activity against <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>difficile<\/jats:italic>, had low predicted gastrointestinal absorption, low intestinal (<jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>) cytotoxicity, and only induced minor changes of the healthy microbiota, altogether supporting that JBC 1847 could represent a novel antimicrobial candidate. 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