title: Impact of serological methodology on assessment of the link between Chlamydia pneumoniae and vascular diseases.
abstract: We assessed the impact of five serologic tests on the link between Chlamydia pneumoniae and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The results of the tests were inconsistent. Agreement among the five tests was generally poor. Detection of the link between C. pneumoniae and AAA depends on the serologic methodology chosen.
authors.affiliation: Regional Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. b.maraha@asz.nl
authors.forename: Boulos
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maraha
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: den Heijer
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kluytmans
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peeters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000382:microbiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D023521:Chlamydophila Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000592:standards*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G