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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1999; 34:1435-1439
© 1999 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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CLINICAL STUDIES

Circulating chlamydia pneumoniae DNA as a predictor of coronary artery disease

Yuk-ki Wong, BSc, (Hons), MRCP* {dagger}, Keith D. Dawkins, FRCP, FACC{dagger} and Michael E. Ward, PhD*

* Molecular Microbiology Department, Southampton University Medical School, Southampton, United Kingdom
{dagger} Wessex Cardiothoracic Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Manuscript received October 30, 1998; revised manuscript received March 10, 1999, accepted July 6, 1999.

Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Yuk-ki Wong, Wessex Cardiothoracic Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom S016 6YD
YW2{at}soton.ac.uk

OBJECTIVE

To determine whether current vascular Chlamydia pneumoniae (CPn) infection as diagnosed by circulating CPn DNA is more common in subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD).

BACKGROUND

Serological, pathological and animal studies have associated CPn with CAD and preliminary trials suggest antibiotics may prevent adverse coronary events. C. pneumoniae is thought to disseminate systemically within macrophages. We therefore detected CPn DNA in blood to determine whether its presence was a predictor of CAD.

METHODS

One thousand, two hundred and five subjects attending for diagnostic and interventional coronary arteriography were recruited. The mononuclear cell layer and platelets were separated from collected blood and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect CPn DNA.

RESULTS

Circulating CPn DNA was found in 8.8% of 669 men with CAD compared with 2.9% of 135 men with normal coronary arteries (odds ratio [OR] 3.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1–8.9). In men with CAD, those with CPn DNA had higher mean platelet counts than those without CPn DNA. Monocyte counts and indirect fibrinogen levels were also raised but not significantly so. By contrast, no association of circulating CPn DNA and CAD was seen in women.

CONCLUSIONS

Circulating CPn DNA is a predictor of CAD in men. Unlike serology, it is a specific indicator of current infection and is a means of identifying subjects who may potentially benefit from antichlamydial therapy.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  CAD = coronary artery disease
  CI = confidence interval
  CPn = Chlamydia pneumoniae
  OR = odds ratio
  PBS = phosphate buffered saline
  PCR = polymerase chain reaction




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