Prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in Italian patients with acute ischaemic heart disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 521-525

  Sessa, Rosa ^a   Di Pietro, Marisa ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanna ^a   Santino, Iolanda ^a   Cipriani, Paola ^a   Romano, Silvio ^a   Penco, Maria ^b   Del Piano, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute ischaemic heart disease; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035198241     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00537-8     Document Type: Article

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