Microorgansims and valve tissue/ Demonstration of Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus in atherosclerotic coronary arteries, nonrheumatic calcific aortic and rheumatic stenotic mitral valves by polymerase chain reaction
Abstract:Editöre Mektuplar Letter to Editor 564The authors sought to evaluate the presence of two bacterial (C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae) and two viral (CMV and EBV) pathogens in heart valves extracted during surgery. They found out that C. pneumoniae, M. pneumoniae, and CMV were detected in patients with stenotic aortic and mitral valves and in patients with coronary atherosclerosis with similar frequencies. The most striking findings for us are the relatively high frequency of C. pneumoniae, M. pneumoniae and CMV… Show more
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