World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) - University of Port Harcourt
Abstract
It was reported that Bartonella henselae , B. quintana and Coxiella
burnetii was not strongly associated with coronary artery disease but
on the basis of geometric mean titer, C. burnetii infection might have
a modest association with coronary artery disease. Serum antibodies to
B. henselae from 14 patients with acute phase of Kawasaki disease were
determined by the indirect fluorescence antibody assay. Serum
antibodies to C. burnetii were also tried to detect. However, no
positive results were obtained. I also examined 10 children and 10
pregnant women who had serum IgG antibody to B. henselae or to C.
burnetii. No one showed abnormal findings of coronary artery. @JASE