Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae but not Helicobacter pylori is related to elevated apolipoprotein B levels.

Objective: Results of many studies show that apolipoprotein B (apo B) is a better marker of risk of vascular disease than other lipid markers including LDL and HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides. We investigated the association between two infectious agents: C. pneumoniae and H.

Detection of Helicobacter pylori and Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in human coronary arteries and evaluation of the results with serologic evidence of inflammation.

Objective: Atherosclerosis is pathologically similar to a chronic inflammatory response. Recent reports have suggested that Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) and Helicobacter pylori (H.

Ectasia and severe atherosclerosis: relationships with chlamydia pneumoniae, helicobacterpylori, and inflammatory markers.

To date, there has been no convincing evidence for an association between Chlamydia pneumoniae or Helicobacter pylori and ectasia. In this case-control study, we have investigated the association of H. pylori and C.

Gastroduodenal Helicobacter pylori infection diagnosed by Helicobacter pylori stool antigen is related to atherosclerosis.

Objective: The causative relation between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and atherosclerosis has been determined as seropositivity or determination of H. pylori from atherome plaques by molecular methods.

[Catalase-negative Rothia dentocariosa: evaluation of additional descriptive tests].

Rothia dentocariosa is one of the human oral flora members, and classified in the group of coryneform bacteria which are taxonomically heterogeneous. Although R. dentocariosa is considered as a contaminant in throat cultures generally, it may be the causative infectious agent in the presence of predisposing factors.