Journal article
Association of circulating Chlamydia pneumoniaeDNA with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review
Abstract
BackgroundChlamydia pneumoniae antigens, nucleic acids, or intact organisms have been detected in human atheroma. However, the presence of antibody does not predict subsequent cardiovascular (CV) events. We performed a systematic review to determine whether the detection of C. pneumoniae DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) was associated with CV disease.MethodsWe sought studies of C. pneumoniae DNA detection in PBMC by polymerase …
Authors
Smieja M; Mahony J; Petrich A; Boman J; Chernesky M
Journal
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol. 2, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1186/1471-2334-2-21
ISSN
1471-2334