Diagnostic role of whole body bone scintigraphy in atypical skeletal tuberculosis resembling multiple metastases: a case report.

Introduction: Osseous tuberculosis can be present with unifocal or multifocal bony involvement. Although multifocal involvement of the skeletal system in areas where tuberculosis is endemic is not a rare presentation, its exact prevalence is not well known. A case of atypical skeletal tuberculosis mimicking multiple secondary metastases on radiologic and scintigraphic imaging is presented to emphasize the contribution of bone scintigraphy in the assessment of osseous tuberculosis in typical and atypical presentations.

Correlation of hyperhomocysteinaemia and Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG seropositivity with coronary artery disease in a general population.

Background: Both Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and hyperhomocysteinaemia have been assumed to increase the atherosclerotic risk independently of each other and independently of the classic risk factors. The correlation between hyperhomocysteinaemia, C. pneumoniae infection and coronary artery disease (CAD) have not been investigated in the general population.

Concurrent increased high sensitivity C-reactive protein and chronic infections are associated with coronary artery disease: a population-based study.

Background: An elevated serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP) is an independent predictor of coronary artery disease (CAD). Chronic infections have also been implicated in the pathogenesis of CAD.

Aims: To investigate how concomitant chronic infection and CRP related to electrocardiogram-defined CAD in a general population.

The association of metabolic syndrome and Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus type 1: the Persian Gulf Healthy Heart Study.

Background: The metabolic syndrome together with insulin resistance and their consequences are basic factors in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Chronic infections with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and Chlamydia pneumoniae are associated with the development of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The infectious aspects of metabolic syndrome have not been investigated.