RT Journal
A1 Grayston J
T1 DOes chlamydia pneumoniae cause atherosclerosis?
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1999
FD September 1
VO 134
IS 9
SP 930
OP 934
DO 10.1001/archsurg.134.9.930
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.9.930
AB 
This presentation will be in 3 parts. First, there will be an introduction to the microbiology and epidemiology of Chlamydia pneumoniae. I will then present the data that establish an association between C pneumoniae and atherosclerosis, and finally, I will discuss some of the preliminary data concerning a causal role for C pneumoniae and atherosclerosis.