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2003, Cilt 33, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 134-136
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Chlamydia pneumoniae and Acute Myocardial Infarction
Mustafa Ay1, Mehmet Oldacay2, Günhan Erdem3
1Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Science and Arts Faculty, Department of Biology, Çanakkale
2Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, State Hospital, Çanakkale
3Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Health College, Çanakkale
Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease, Chlamydia pneumoniae, ELISA
Abstract
The interaction between patients with acute myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis and antibodies against to Chlamydia pneumoniae have been determined by seroepidemiological studies. In recent years, the presence of C.pneumoniae in atherom plaques at coroner arthers has been shown.

C.pneumoniae IgG antibodies were detected by the ELISA method in the sera of ? ?. On the other hand, by giving a questionnaire to the subjects, about life styles and habits of the subjects C.pneumoniae. According to the results, 39 patients (78%) were positive, 11 (22%) were negative, while 16 of the control subjects (53%) were positive, and 14 of them (47%) negative. The difference between the control group and the patients was statistically significant (p<0.05).

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