The seroepidemiology of the chronic infections in patients with myocardial infarction in North of Iran

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that chronic infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) and Helicobacter pylori (Hp) may be associated with the risk of Myocardial Infarction (MI). METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted on 140 citizens. Seroprevalence was assessed by ELISA tests mea...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bazzazi, Hadi, Ghaemi, Ezzat Allah, Ramezani, Mohammad Ali
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:
Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21526068
Descripción
Sumario:BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that chronic infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) and Helicobacter pylori (Hp) may be associated with the risk of Myocardial Infarction (MI). METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted on 140 citizens. Seroprevalence was assessed by ELISA tests measuring IgA and IgG antibodies to Cpn and Hp in sera. RESULTS: Among patients, %11.4 and %90.0 were seropositive for Anti-Cpn IgA and IgG respectively, and also %51.4 and %58.6 were seropositive for Anti-Hp IgA and IgG respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The present study shows that previous infection to Cpn in patients with MI is important. But there are no significant association between infection with Hp and MI.

Ejemplares similares