Chlamydia pneumoniae, but not Bartonella quintana, is associated with coronary heart disease: Results of a French case-control study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-318

  Badiaga, S ^a   Paganelli, F ^a   Parola, P ^a,b   Beghin, M ^c   Barrau, K ^a,b,c   Eb, F ^c   Brouqui, P ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella quintana; Chlamydia; Coronary artery; Coronary heart disease; Cross reaction; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0038409955     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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