Increase of chlamydial LPS antibodies in patients with acute coronary syndrome without detection of chlamydial DNA in atherectomy samples

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 113, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 731-736

  Kiss, K ^a   Khanakah, G ^a   Kundi, M ^a   Glogar, H D ^a   Stanek, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary artery disease; Infection; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035886076     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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