%0 Journal Article %A Honarmand, HR %A Taghizadeh, S %A Rahbar-Taroimsari, M %A Mirbolook, F %T Comparison of Seropositivity Rate of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae in Patents With Acute Myocardial Infarction And Without It %J Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences %V 20 %N 1 %U http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-624-en.html %R %D 2012 %K seropositivity to mycoplasma pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction, patients, acute infection, %X Introduction: In recent years, chronic and persistent bacterial infections are introduced as predisposing factors of acute myocardial infarction (MI) that is a main cause of health problems, worldwide. In this study, the relationship between previous my-coplasma pneumonia infection and further myocardial infarction was investigated through seropositivity rate of mycoplasma pneumonia in patients with (MI) and control group. Materials & Methods: In this retrospective descriptive study, 374 sera of patients and 185 sera of control group were examined by a commercial quantitative specific myco-plasma pneumonia IgG-ELISA kit (EUR-OIMMUNE, Germany) simultanously. The results were analyzed by Qui square test in SPSS, Ver. 16 software. Findings: We found no significant rela-tionships between seropositivity to myco-plasma pneumonia (IgG) and sex (P=0.080), age (P=0.700), occupation (P=0.080), and living place (P=0.150), but the relationship between history of previous acute febrile diseases, infective chest disea-ses, hypertension and MI with mycoplasma pneumonia was significant (P=0.003, P=0.004, P=0.003, P=0.003 consequently). Discussion & Conclusion: Regarding the results of this study, it can be said that history of previous mycoplasma pneumonia infections can be considered one of the etiological agents in MI. %> http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-624-en.pdf %P 51-57 %& 51 %! %9 Research %L A-10-220-28 %+ %G eng %@ 1563-4728 %[ 2012