Pneumonia
Research findings from University of Lubeck, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene update understanding of pneumonia
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 11th, 2010
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and Alzheimer's disease: a connection to remember.' "Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, whereby it is customary to distinguish between early familial FAD and late-onset AD (LOAD). The development of LOAD, the most prevalent form of AD, is believed to be a multifactorial process that may also involve infections with bacterial or viral pathogens," scientists in Lubeck, Germany report.
"After the first report on the presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) in brains of patients with AD appeared in 1998, this bacterium has most often been implicated...
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