2004, Cilt 34, Sayı 3, Sayfa(lar) 175-177 |
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Chlamydia pneumoniae Seroprevalance in Patients with Atherosclerotic Hearth Disease |
Tamer Şanlıdağ1, Nuri Özkütük1, Sinem Akçalı1, Ozan Ütük2, Beril Özbakkaloğlu1, Cevat Şeküri2 |
1Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Manisa 2Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Manisa |
Keywords: Chlamydia pneumoniae, atherosclerosis, IgG, IgA |
The aim of this study was to determine serum Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG and IgA level in atherosclerotic and healty groups. 142 subjects (112 atherosclerotic and 30 normal) were enrolled in the study. C. pneumoniae IgG and IgA levels were investigated by microenzim- immunassay in serum of subjects. C. pneumoniae IgG antibody was found as 97.3% and 73.3% in atherosclerotic and normal group, respectively; IgA antibody positivity was found in 70.5% and in 0.0% , respectively. The seropositivity of C. pneumoniae was higher in atherosclerotic group.
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