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Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy |ISSN: 2332-0877 | Volume 6

June 25-26, 2018 | Vancouver, Canada

International Conference on

Infection, Disease Control and Prevention

Microbial Pathogenesis & Infectious Diseases

Silver nanoparticles as a therapeutic agent in experimental cyclosporiasis

Mona El-Temsahy

Alexandria University, Egypt

yclosporiasis is an emerging worldwide infection caused by an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite,

Cyclospora cayten-

ensis

. The standard treatment for cyclosporiasis is a combination of two antibiotics, trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole.

Many side effects were reported with this combination with no alternative drug treatment option. In this study, silver nanopar-

ticles were chemically synthesized to be evaluated for the first time for their anti-cyclospora effects in both immunocompetent

and immunosuppressed experimental mice in comparison to the standard treatment. The effect of silver nanoparticles was as-

sessed through studying stool oocysts’ load, oocysts’ viability, ultrastructural oocysts’ changes, and estimation of serum gamma

interferon. Toxic effect of the drug was evaluated by measuring liver enzymes, urea and creatinine in mice sera. Results showed

that silver nanoparticles had promising anti-cyclospora potentials. The animals that received these nanoparticles showed sta-

tistically significant decrease in the oocysts’ burden and number of viable oocysts in the mice stool and a statistically significant

increase in serum gamma interferon in comparison to the corresponding group receiving the standard treatment and to the

infected non-treated control group. Scanning Electron microscopic examination revealed mutilated oocysts with irregularities,

poring and perforations. These effects were more pronounced in immunosuppressed animals. Biochemical results showed no

evidence of toxicity as mice sera showed a statistically significant decrease in liver enzymes, and statistically non-significant

decrease in urea and creatinine. Thus, silver nanoparticles proved their effectiveness against Cyclospora infection and this will

open the way to its use as an alternative to the standard therapy.

Biography

Mona El-Temsahy is currently working in the Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. She is an expert in different diag-

nostic techniques in parasitological diseases and also in appliction of new lines of treatment such as nanoparticles.

eltemsahy@yahoo.com

Mona El-Temsahy, J Infect Dis Ther 2018, Volume 6

DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C2-041