PREVALENCE OF CHLAMYDIA-PNEUMONIAE SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN DIFFERENT CLINICAL SITUATIONS AND HEALTHY-SUBJECTS IN IZMIR, TURKEY

Authors
GENCAY M DERELI D ERTEM E SERTER D PUOLAKKAINEN M SAIKKU P BOYDAK B DERELI S OZBAKKALOGLU B YORGANCIOGLU A TEZ E
Citation
M. Gencay et al., PREVALENCE OF CHLAMYDIA-PNEUMONIAE SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN DIFFERENT CLINICAL SITUATIONS AND HEALTHY-SUBJECTS IN IZMIR, TURKEY, European journal of epidemiology, 14(5), 1998, pp. 505-509
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
European journal of epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03932990
Volume
14
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
505 - 509
Database
ISI
SICI code
0393-2990(1998)14:5<505:POCSAI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Serological markers for Chlamydia pneumoniae were investigated by usin g the microimmunofluorescence (MIF) test in various age and patient gr oups in a specific area in Turkey. IgG seropositivity to C. pneumoniae was 64.3% and 18.7% in healthy adults and children, respectively. The highest positivity rate (77%) was in the 15-19 age group. Among the g roups investigated, serological findings revealed a possible etiologic al association between C. pneumoniae and the clinical condition in the groups with acute myocardial infarction, atypical pneumoniae and chro nic obstructive pulmonary disease.