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Identification of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in Carotid Plaques

Eloise Arbustini

Vittorio Arici, MD

Shahdeh Parsapour Moghadam, MD

Barbara Conti, MD

Attilia Bagliani

Division of Vascular Surgery Policlinico San Matteo Piazzale Golgi 2 27100 Pavia, Italy

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.

Angiology, Vol. 51, No. 10, 827-830 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005101004


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