Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Chlamydophila pneumoniae in asthma

BISCIONE et al. [1] reported a significant association of upper airway Chlamydophila pneumoniae RT-PCR positivity in atopic asthmatics (cumulative rate 22%) compared with nonatopic nonasthmatic spouses (9%). In the discussion, BISCIONE et al. [1] argued in favour of acute, rather than chronic, infection as the explanation for their observation that detection was mostly intermittent rather than ...

Chlamydophila pneumoniae in asthma.

BISCIONE et al. [1] reported a significant association of upper airway Chlamydophila pneumoniae RT-PCR positivity in atopic asthmatics (cumulative rate 22%) compared with nonatopic nonasthmatic spouses (9%). In the discussion, BISCIONE et al. [1] argued in favour of acute, rather than chronic, infection as the explanation for their observation that detection was mostly intermittent rather than ...

Atherosclerosis and Chlamydophila (chlamydia) Pneumoniae

The concept that atherosclerosis was induced by environmental factors such as smoking and high fat intake was perturbated when inflammation was found to be prominent in atherosclerotic lesions. Chlamydophila pneumoniae but also other microbes inducing chronic endothelial infections have been implicated, particularly cytomegalovirus (CMV) and the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Large sero-...

Chlamydophila pneumoniae in Cardiovascular Diseases

Chlamydophila pneumoniae – biotyp TWAR – wybrane dane Chlamydophila pneumoniae biotype TWAR: selected details