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by Praxis Press

RESEARCH ROUND-UP

C. pneumoniae and CAD

Chlamydia pneumoniae infection not a major factor in coronary artery disease.

News from The Scientist 2000, 1(1):20000725-10

Published

25 July 2000

NEW YORK, July 24 (Praxis Press) Preliminary reports have noted an association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and coronary artery disease (CAD). Wald and colleagues and Danesh and colleagues studied the association between C. pneumoniae infection and subsequent CAD in large, prospective case-control studies. Baseline C. pneumoniae IgG and IgA titers were not significantly different between subjects who later suffered myocardial infarction or died from coronary heart disease and control subjects. Infection with C. pneumoniae does not appear to play a clinically significant role in coronary heart disease.


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