title: Acute and chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in pregnancy complicated with preeclampsia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cp) infection is more common in women whose current pregnancy is complicated with preeclampsia (PE) as compared to pregnant women without PE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty pregnant women with PE and 30 pregnant women without PE were studied between 29 and 30 weeks of gestation. The presence of an acute or chronic Cp infection was determined by the estimations of serum IgG, IgM, and IgA Cp antibodies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  None of the women were diagnosed as having acute Cp infection. Prevalence of chronic Cp infection was 53 and 66% in the PE and control groups, respectively (X(2), p = 0.068).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chronic Cp infection is not more common in women whose pregnancy is complicated with PE as compared to pregnant women without PE. Therefore, no association between Cp infection and PE can be established.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Endocrinology and Endocrine Oncology, Theagenio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. alexri@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chrisoulidou
authors.forename: Dimitrios G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Goulis
authors.forename: Paschalia K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Iliadou
authors.forename: Jitendra R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dave
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bili
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simms
authors.forename: Christopher W G
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Redman
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial