Table 1:

List of drugs, which have been repurposed as anti-infective agent.

Drugs	Initial use	Repurposed use	References
Auranofin	Antirheumatic agent	Amoebiosis	[16]
Miltefosine	Skin metastases (breast cancer)	Vischeral leishmaniasis	[142, 143]
Amphotericin B	Antifungal	Visceral leishmaniasis	[144]
Dapsone	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Malaria and Leprosy	[145-148]
Eflornithine	Antitumour agent/P. carinii infection in AIDS patients	Human African sleeping sickness	[149-153]
Doxycycline	Antibacterial	Malaria	[154]
Paromomycin	Antibiotic	Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis	[155-157]
Spiramycin	Antibacterial	Toxoplasmosis	[158]
Chloroquine	Malaria	Amebiasis and sarcoidosis	[159, 160]
Atovaquone	Malaria	Toxoplasmosis and P. carinii pneumonia	[161-163]
Pyrimethamine	Malaria	Toxoplasmosis	[161, 164-166]