Chlamydia pneumoniae Seropositivity and Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Case–Control Study of the Infectious–Inflammatory Axis
Lujain Fouad Khalaf, Rozan Fouad Khalaf, Shady Salah Bagady, Romaysaa Fouad Khalaf, Rodina Amro Amin, Abdalla O. Manaa, Mohamad Salah Bagady, Ahmad Aljada · 2026
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Lujain Fouad Khalaf and co-authors test, in a 2026 case-control study, whether past infection with a common lung bacterium tracks with acute coronary syndromes. Chlamydia pneumoniae has long been suspected of feeding artery inflammation, yet proof stays murky. Blood antibodies revealing past exposure were measured in heart patients and matched controls at an Alexandria hospital.
No participant showed signs of fresh infection, so the question concerned older exposure only. Antibodies were present in eighty-three percent of the forty-seven cases against sixty percent of the fifty-three controls. The link survived adjustment for standard risk factors, though the numbers were small and the estimate imprecise. Inflammation marker levels were high in nearly all cases regardless of antibody status, and the authors demand prospective proof.
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| CREATOR | Lujain Fouad Khalaf, Rozan Fouad Khalaf, Shady Salah Bagady, Romaysaa Fouad Khalaf, Rodina Amro Amin, Abdalla O. Manaa, Mohamad Salah Bagady, Ahmad Aljada |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |