Clinical Applications of the Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate TestCRC Press, 1990 M08 15 - 192 páginas The primary focus of this book is to present the various clinical applications of the Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) test for the detection of Gram-negative bacterial endotoxins. Using the clinical syndrome approach, it presents information from leading authorities pertaining to endotoxemia, meningitis, bacteriuria, gonorrhea, pyogenic arthritis, otitis media, ocular infections, peritonitis and perforation in blunt abdominal trauma, allied medical applications including hemodialysis water testing, and veterinary applications. This volume includes discussions on such topics as bacterial endotoxins and their clinical significance, the horseshoe crab and the various methodologies used in the LAL test, and the role of the Food and Drug Administration in the regulation of the LAL test. This publication is an absolute must for every physician, medical student, nurse, pathologist, toxicologist, microbiologist, public health official, and laboratory technician, as well as everyone involved in the teaching, evaluation, management, and treatment of clinical situations involving Gram-negative bacteria. |
Contenido
Introduction | 28 |
Chapter 3 | 29 |
References | 34 |
Chapter 5 | 51 |
Chapter 6 | 67 |
Ronald Nachum | 81 |
Chapter 8 | 97 |
Chapter 9 | 111 |
Chapter 12 | 135 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alan Amebocyte Lysate Test antibiotic antigen automated bacteremia Bacterial Endotoxins bacterial meningitis bacteriuria blood cells cerebrospinal fluid chromogenic substrate Clin clinical coagulation coli contamination Detection of Bacterial detection of endotoxin detection of Gram-negative diagnosis dilution disease Effects of Endotoxins endophthalmitis endotoxemia endotoxin concentrations endotoxin levels endpoint evaluation exudate false-positive gelation GNB per milliliter gonococcal gonococcal urethritis gonorrhea Gram stain Gram-negative bacterial meningitis Gram-negative bacteriuria Gram-positive hemodialysis horseshoe crab human incubation infection Jorgensen keratitis laboratory LAL test LAL test results LAL-urine Levin Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Limulus polyphemus Limulus test lipid lipopolysaccharide Liss membrane method Microbiol Microbiology middle ear Nachum negative ng/ml Novitsky ocular organisms otitis media pathogens patients plasma positive LAL test predictive value procedure protein pyrogen pyrogen-free quantitative rapid detection reaction reported samples screening sepsis serum shown Spagna studies synovial fluid Table tumor necrosis factor turbidimetric urinary tract urine vials
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