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DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 54, Issue 1, Pages 7-12Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.09.001
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Chlamydia pneumoniae; enzyme immunoassay; chlamydial lipopolysaccharide; LPS-binding protein
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Chlamydia pneumoniae causes respiratory tract infections. It has a tendency to cause persistent infections, which have been associated with several chronic diseases (e.g., atherosclerosis). At present, there is no reliable method for the diagnosis of chronic C. pneumoniae infection. We developed a novel enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for the quantification of chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (cLPS) in human serum. Serum cLPS was solubilized with detergent and then captured by LPS-binding protein (LBP). LBP-LPS complexes were bound to the solid phase with anti-cLPS monoclonal antibody, and the bound complexes were detected with anti-LBP antibodies. The new method was used to quantify serum cLPS in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients (n = 102) and their healthy controls. cLPS was detected in 77.5% of ACS patients and in 52% of controls (P < .001) with geometric mean concentrations of 1.87 and 0.61 pg/mL (P < .001), respectively. The novel cLPS EIA method will provide a potential diagnostic tool for C pneumoniae infection. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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