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In this study, two novel series of juglone\/naphthazarin derivatives (43 compounds) were synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial properties against various clinical and reference Gram-positive MSSA, clinical Gram-positive MRSA, and clinical and reference Gram-negative bacteria <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>P. aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>. These strains are of clinical importance because they belong to ESKAPE pathogens. Compounds <jats:bold>3al<\/jats:bold>, <jats:bold>5ag<\/jats:bold>, and <jats:bold>3bg<\/jats:bold> showed promising activity against clinical and reference MSSA (MIC: 1\u20138\u00a0\u00b5g\/ml) and good efficacy against clinical MRSA (MIC: 2\u20138\u00a0\u00b5g\/ml) strains. <jats:bold>5am<\/jats:bold> and <jats:bold>3bm<\/jats:bold> demonstrated better activity on both MSSA (MIC: 0.5\u00a0\u00b5g\/ml) and MRSA (MIC: 2\u00a0\u00b5g\/ml) strains. Their MICs were similar to those of cloxacillin against clinical MRSA strains. The synergistic effects of active compounds <jats:bold>3al<\/jats:bold>, <jats:bold>5ag<\/jats:bold>, <jats:bold>5am<\/jats:bold>, <jats:bold>3bg<\/jats:bold>, and <jats:bold>3bm<\/jats:bold> were evaluated with reference antibiotics, and it was found that the antibiotic combination with <jats:bold>3bm<\/jats:bold> efficiently enhanced the antimicrobial activity. Compound <jats:bold>3bm<\/jats:bold> was found to restore the sensitivity of clinical MRSA to cloxacillin and enhanced the antibacterial activity of vancomycin when they were added together. In the presence of <jats:bold>3bm<\/jats:bold>, the MIC values of vancomycin and cloxacillin were lowered up to 1\/16th of the original MIC with an FIC index of 0.313. 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