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Response of several Limulus amoebocyte lysates to native endotoxin present in gonococcal and nongonococcal urethral exudates from human males - PubMed

Comparative Study

Response of several Limulus amoebocyte lysates to native endotoxin present in gonococcal and nongonococcal urethral exudates from human males

R B Prior et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1981 Jan.

Abstract

Three Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) preparations obtained from three different suppliers were comparatively evaluated for sensitivity to native endotoxin contained in urethral exudates from 28 men with gonococcal urethritis and 16 men with nongonococcal urethritis. One LAL preparation was not extracted with organic solvents during manufacture, whereas the other two were extracted with chloroform. All three LAL preparations had equivalent sensitivities (0.06 ng/ml) to an established reference endotoxin standard (EC-2), but significant differences in sensitivities were found among the different LAL preparations when testing clinical specimens. Dilution breakpoints of urethral samples for maximum sensitivity and specificity ranged from 1:400 to 1:1,600, depending on the LAL preparation. The nonextracted lysate was significantly more sensitive to the presence of endotoxin in gonococcal exudates than the other two preparations (P less than 0.001) but not significantly different from one LAL preparation (P greater than 0.05) in detecting endotoxin in nongonococcal exudates. An additional 116 men, 61 with culture-proven gonococcal urethritis and 55 with nongonococcal urethritis, were evaluated with three lots of nonextracted lysate with sensitivities ranging from 0.04 to 0.06 ng/ml, reference endotoxin EC-2. At a dilution breakpoint of 1:1,600, the sensitivity of the LAL test was 100%, and the specificity was 96%.

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Response of several Limulus amoebocyte lysates to native endotoxin present in gonococcal and nongonococcal urethral exudates from human males - PubMed