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Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in ruptured atherosclerotic plaques
Autores: | Higuchi,M.L.; Sambiase,N.; Palomino,S.; Gutierrez,P.; Demarchi,L.M.; Aiello,V.D.; Ramires,J.A.F.
Data: | 2000-09-01
Ano: | 2000
Palavras-chave: | Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Atherosclerosis; Vulnerable plaque; Inflammation.
Resumo: | 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 specimens from three patients who died of acute myocardial infarction. These patients had typical symptoms of acute ischemic syndrome. Mycoplasmas were present mainly in the lipid core of the ruptured thrombosed plaque. Vulnerable atheromas are rich in cholesterol and may favor the growth of mycoplasmas, the only microorganisms that require cholesterol for survival. We suggest that the association of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae may increase the virulence of these microorganisms, favoring proliferation, plaque inflammation and possibly plaque rupture.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2000000900005
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X2000000900005
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.33 n.9 2000
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess