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