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Molecular detection of Parachlamydia-like organisms in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis.
- Source :
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Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) [Mult Scler] 2008 May; Vol. 14 (4), pp. 564-6. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The presence of Chlamydia-like organism DNA was investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 27 patients previously found positive for Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA: 12 with multiple sclerosis (MS), grouped according to clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence of disease activity, 8 with other inflammatory neurological disorders and 7 with non-inflammatory neurological disorders. PCR evidence of Chlamydia-like organisms in CSF was observed only in two relapsing-remitting MS patients with clinical and MRI disease activity. These findings suggest a possible association between C. pneumoniae and Chlamydia-like organism brain infections as a cofactor in MS development.
- Subjects :
- Adult
DNA, Bacterial cerebrospinal fluid
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting cerebrospinal fluid
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Chlamydiales genetics
Chlamydiales isolation & purification
Chlamydophila Infections complications
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1352-4585
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18562511
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1352458507085796