INFECTIOUS AGENTS IN CORONARY ATHEROMAS: A POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PLAQUE RUPTURE AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

In this review we report our recent findings of histopathological features of plaque instability and the association with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) and Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP) infection, studying thrombosed coronary artery…

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Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in ruptured atherosclerotic plaques

This paper reports what is apparently the first observation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in association with Chlamydia pneumoniae in thrombosed ruptured atheromas. We performed electron microscopy and in situ hybridization in…

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