Table 1

C pneumoniae in abdominal aorta aneurysms (AAA)

AuthorYear of publicationC pneumoniae + case(s)/total cases
Maraha et al11200118/88 (20%) in AAA
8/88 (9%) in controls
Karlsson et al7200020/26
Alakarppa et al1219995/12
Meijer et al1319990/18 (PCR)
15/19 (antigen)
Petersen et al8199814/40 (35%) in atherosclerosis
2/40 (5%) in normal cases
Lindholt et al9199810/18 (antigen)
0/18 (PCR)
Juvonen et al619976/6
Blasi et al14199626/51 (PCR)