Bazzazi Hadi, Ghaemi Ezzat Allah, Ramezani Mohammad Ali
Department of Laboratory Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan Branch, Gorgan, Iran.
J Res Med Sci. 2010 Mar;15(2):116-9.
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).
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.
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.
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.