the seroepidemiology of the chronic infections in patient with myocardial infraction 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 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. keywords: myocardial infarction, helicobacter pylori, chlamydiae pneumoniae, iga, igg. normal 0 false false false microsoftinternetexplorer4