Occupational allergic rhinoconjunctivitis to Tachypleus amoebocyte lysate: a case report

摘要

Horseshoes crab is an ancient ocean creature, belonging to Arthropoda. There are three genera, , , and . Amoebocyte lysate is a lyophilized product extracted from amoebocyte of horseshoes crab and known as amebocyte lysate (LAL) and amebocyte lysate (TAL),which is widely used in endotoxin detection. As a result of occupational exposure, people working with endotoxin assessments have a risk of LAL or TAL allergy. Herein we describe a case of occupational allergy to TAL.