Failure To Detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in Brain Sections of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

Author:

Gieffers Jens1,Reusche Erich2,Solbach Werner1,Maass Matthias1

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene1 and

2. Institute of Pathology,2 Medical University of Lübeck, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany

Abstract

ABSTRACT A recent North American study detected Chlamydia pneumoniae in 17 of 19 brains of Alzheimer's patients and supposed a C. pneumoniae infection to be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, we analyzed paraffin-embedded tissue samples of 20 AD patients by nested PCR and immunocytochemistry with a panel of antichlamydial antibodies and could detect neither C. pneumoniae -specific DNA nor chlamydial antigens. From our data, the presence of C. pneumoniae in the brains of Alzheimer's patients is not a common phenomenon; an association remains questionable.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

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