HITH - Revisited

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A more recent paper on this subject, and a good example as to why NLS Hex-Shield can be effective as a treatment for this particular parasite that is commonly associated with cases of HITH.

The redox-active drug metronidazole and thiol-depleting garlic compounds act synergistically in the protist parasite Spironucleus vortens

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166685116300196

Highlights



Synergism between ajoene and metronidazole is effective in vitro and in vivo.


Ajoene reduces the minimum inhibitory concentration of metronidazole by 16-fold.


The efficiency of the ajoene + metronidazole treatment was 64.5% in fish.


Abstract
Spironucleus vortens is a protozoan parasite associated with significant mortalities in the freshwater angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare. Control of this parasite is especially problematic due to restrictions on the use of the drug of choice, metronidazole (MTZ), on fish farms. Use of garlic (Allium sativum) is undergoing a renaissance following experimental validations of its antimicrobial efficiency. Ajoene ((E,Z)-4,5,9-trithiadodeca-1,6,11-triene 9-oxide), is a stable transformation product of allicin, the primary biologically active component of garlic. In the current study, an ajoene oil crude extract had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 40 μg/ml against S. vortens. GC–MS and NMR spectroscopy revealed this ajoene extract contained a mixture of the (E) and (Z)-ajoene isomers along with diallyl disulphide (DADS) and diallyl trisulphide (DATS). The only component of the ajoene crude oil found to substantially inhibit S. vortens growth by optical density monitoring (Bioscreen C Reader) was (Z)-ajoene (MIC 16 μg/ml). Ajoene oil acted in synergy with MTZ in vitro, reducing the individual MIC of this drug (4 μg/ml) by 16-fold, and that of ajoene oil by 200-fold with a fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) index of 0.263. This synergistic interaction was confirmed in vivo. S. vortens-infected Pterophyllum scalare angelfish dosed orally with 0.5% (v/w) MTZ combined with 0.05% (v/w) ajoene displayed a significant reduction in faecal trophozoite count, whilst those fed on 0.5% MTZ flakes (half the recommended oral dose) alone did not. This study demonstrates for the first time the synergistic interaction between the synthetic drug MTZ and natural ajoene oil both in vitro and in vivo. Future work should evaluate the potential synergy of ajoene and MTZ against MTZ-resistant bacteria and protists.


S. vortens is an opportunistic pathogen and has a direct life cycle, infecting the freshwater fish host via the faecal-oral route, its primary habitat being the hind-gut [38]. Infections may become systemic in immunosuppressed hosts, leading to a characteristic condition known as hole-in-the-head disease, and possibly death [25].
 
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Tony A.

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I would say yes. Cichlids have pores in their skin at about the same spot of others cichlids.
 

Tony A.

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Nice job. RD. I have to knock on would. I never had HITH. Or my Fish. LOL. But The 2 PBass I have are my first. So I'm trying to be extra diligent of their care. They are part of my pet family . cats dogs and birds. And now fish again.
 

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Thank you for sharing this RD. RD.

Why isn’t this stickied yet? Lol JK47 JK47 Chicxulub Chicxulub
 
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Thank you for sharing this RD. RD.

Why isn’t this stickied yet? Lol JK47 JK47 Chicxulub Chicxulub
It is, you crazy ;)
 
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