Potential association of Helicobacter cinaedi with atrial arrhythmias and atherosclerosis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-154

  Khan, Shahzada ^a   Okamoto, Tatsuya ^a   Enomoto, Koji ^a   Sakashita, Naomi ^a   Oyama, Kohta ^a   Fujii, Shigemoto ^a   Sawa, Tomohiro ^a   Takeya, Motohiro ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a   Yamabe, Hiroshige ^b   Akaike, Takaaki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Atrial arrhythmia; Cross immunity; Helicobacter cinaedi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AORTA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 84859339137     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2012.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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