Incidence of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in patients with coronary artery disease subjected to angioplasty or bypass surgery

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 995-1001

  Pienia̧zek, Piotr ^a   Karczewska, Elzbieta ^a   Stȩpień, Ewa ^a   Tracz, Wiesława ^a   Konturek, Stanisław J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary artery disease; IgA; IgG; Infection; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROPREVALENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTERIES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-8; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034804215     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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