Gül M.Duran A.Kaya H.Uca A.U.2020-03-262020-03-2620041301-1375https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/19306BACKROUND: The aim of our study was to investigate a relation between Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) and Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP). METHODS: The study was performed as a clinical prospective study. Totally, 104 healthy volunteers [76 male (73%), 28 female (27%), aged 64±14 years old] and 126 patients with AIS [64 female (51%), 76 male (73%), aged 67±14 years old] applied to Emergency department of Meram Medical School, Selcuk University, between January 01, 2001 and December 31, 2001 were studied. The patients and the controls were compared in respect to their CP seropositivity (CP IgG and CP IgA antibodies). RESULTS: The seropositivity of CP IgA and CP IgG was statistically significant in the patients group compared to that of the control group (p=0. 006 and p=0.001 respectively). CONCLUSION: Our results implies a relation between CP and AIS. Possibility of such a relation deeds to be more investigated.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcute Ischemic StrokeChlamydia PneumoniaeSeropositivityArticle1014144N/A