Confirmed Previous Infection With <i>Chlamydia pneumoniae</i> (TWAR) and Its Presence in Early Coronary Atherosclerosis

1998166 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Michael Davidson · Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Cho‐Chou Kuo · Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

John P. Middaugh · University Medical Center New Orleans

Lee Ann Campbell · Johns Hopkins University

San-Pin Wang · Johns Hopkins University

William P. Newman · Louisiana State University

John C. Finley

Abstract

Serological evidence for C pneumoniae infection frequently precedes both the earliest and more advanced lesions of coronary atherosclerosis that harbor this intracellular pathogen, suggesting a chronic infection and developmental role in coronary heart disease.

Topics & Keywords

Reproductive tract infections research Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 98, Issue 7, pp. 628-633

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.98.7.628

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