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Antibacterial Activity of Laser Ablated Gold and Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles Conjugated Cefuroxime against Staphylococcus saprophyticus
 
Hadeel M Yosif1, Buthenia A Hasoon1, Majid S Jabir1*, Syed Hilal Yaqoob2, Haney Samir3,4 and Ayman A Swelum5*
 

1Department of Applied Science, University of Technology- Iraq; 2Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST -Kashmir Shuhama Srinagar J&K India; 3Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt; 4Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan; 5Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding author: 100131@uotechnology.edu.iq (MSJ) & aswelum@ksu.edu.sa (AAS)

Abstract   

A frequent and efficient weapon in the fight against infectious diseases is antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance, however, has emerged as a major concern in public health due to the unintentional, overuse, and improper administration of antibiotics. In the current study, a heterostructure of gold (Au), Hydroxyapatite (HAP) and Cefuroxime was produced using an environmentally friendly pulsed laser ablation technique to improve the antibacterial activity of Cefuroxime against Staphylococcus (S.) saprophyticus. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectrophotometry, and field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) were used to characterize the heterostructure nanocomposite. The susceptibility of S. saprophyticus to the Au-Hydroxyapatite-Cefuroxime was evaluated in terms of preventing biofilm development in the urinary catheter. This study confirmed the greater antimicrobial activity of hetero nanocomposite of the Hydroxyapatite-Cefuroxime-AuNPs than Cefuroxime alone against S. saprophyticus. The Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (NPs)-Cefuroxime-Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) hybrid was developed as an intelligent drug delivery mechanism to prevent the proliferation of S. saprophyticus and to hinder the formation of bacterial biofilm on Foley catheters. The smart hetero nanocomposite has shown a promising result, which could be a reliable therapy against S. saprophyticus in the future and could be used as a promising approach for succeeding bacterial biofilm inhibition during urinary tract infection.

To Cite This Article: Yosif HM, Hasoon BA, Jabir MS, Yaqoob SH, Samir H and Swelum AA, 2024. Antibacterial activity of laser ablated gold and hydroxyapatite nanoparticles conjugated cefuroxime against staphylococcus saprophyticus. Pak Vet J, 44(1): 38-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.138 

 
   
 

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