PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mawhorter, Steven D.
AU  - Lauer, Michael A.
TI  - Is atherosclerosis an infectious disease?
DP  - 2001 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 449--458
VI  - 68
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/5/449.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/5/449.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2001 May 01; 68
AB  - Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is multifactorial, but several lines of evidence implicate infection as a potential contributing factor. Chlamydia pneumoniae has the most compelling data, with Helicobacter pylori and cytomegalovirus also implicated. Clinical trials of antibiotics to decrease coronary events are underway. Until the results are available, however, we advise against prescribing antibiotics for this purpose.