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The possible association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and asthma. | ||
| Journal of the Faculty of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-317 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Haider Ahmed Shemran; Haider S. Kadhim; Mahmood Sh. Al-Zaidi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Many etiological factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Asthma like; viruses, bacteria and Chlamydia pneumoniae. This study focuses on the role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in asthma pathogenesis.Patients and Methods: The detection of Anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies IgA, IgM and IgG in patients by ELISA, for 35 patients, 18 asthmatic patients, 12 patients with chest infection with no history of asthma, and 5 apparently healthy as control subjects.Results: The results showed that 80% and 70% of the patients were negative for anti- Chlamydia pneumonia antibodies IgA and IgM respectively, while significantly (p<0.05) high number (73%) of patients were positive for IgG, of which significant number (p<0.05) of them, 63% were asthmatic and 36% were non-asthmatic chest infection.Conclusion: this study may support the association between Chlamydia pneumoniae and asthma. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Chlamydia pneumoniae; Asthma; Chest infection | ||
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