Identification of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in Carotid Plaques
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Angiology
- Vol. 51 (10) , 827-830
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000331970005101004
Abstract
Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP) is a bacterium that in recent years has been investigated as an etiologic agent for atherosclerosis. It is a ubiquitous microorganism that has been isolated in various regions of the vascular system and its prevalence is about 10% in the patient population. This study involved a group of 43 patients (27 men, 16 women, mean age 68 years) who underwent carotid endarterectomy. About 9.3% of the patients yielded plaques that tested positive for the DNA genome of Chlamydia pneumoniae.Keywords
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