Prevalence of anti-chlamydial antibodies in patients affected by acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris.
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Human Chlamydial Infections |
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| Keywords | Chlamydia pneumoniae - serological tests - myocardial infarction - angina pectoris |
| Description | Acute myocardial infarction patients showed significantly higher prevalence of anti-chlamydial antibodies demonstrated by complement fixation test as well as anti-lipopolysaccharide IgA antibodies than the control subjects. Patients with the unstable angina pectoris showed higher levels of both IgA and IgG anti-LPS and IgA anti-MOMPs antibodies than control subjects. The results corroborate the hypothesis of the participation of C. pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of coronary arteriosclerosis. |