Parasitology Research 2001-06-01

Inhibition of Cryptosporidium infection in mice treated with a cyclodextrin inclusion complex with diloxanide furoate.

J A Castro Hermida, M E Ares-Mazás, L Nieto Reyes, F Otero Espinar, J Blanco Méndez

Index: Parasitol. Res. 87(6) , 449-52, (2001)

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Abstract

The efficacies of diloxanide furoate, beta-cyclodextrin and a cyclodextrin inclusion complex against Cryptosporidium parvum were evaluated in a suckling murine model. Efficacy was established by numbers of oocysts recovered from the intestinal tract of mice on day 7 postinfection. The level of infection in treated mice was significantly lower than in control mice and, surprisingly, the most efficacious treatment was beta-cyclodextrin, an excipient used in pharmaceutical technology.