Author: Pessi T, Karhunen V, Karjalainen PP, Ylitalo A, Airaksinen JK, Niemi M, Pietila M, Lounatmaa K, Haapaniemi T, Lehtimäki T, Laaksonen R.
Source: Circulation
Year: 2013
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We thank the authors of the letters for their interest in our publication. Their comments focused on Chlamydia pneumoniae–negative finding, role of infection burden and coexistence of multiple pathogens, clinical usefulness of findings, and how the chronic oral infectionis involved in acute coronary events.
Citation: Pessi T, Karhunen V, Karjalainen PP, Ylitalo A, Airaksinen JK, Niemi M, Pietila M, Lounatmaa K, Haapaniemi T, Lehtimäki T, Laaksonen R. Bacterial signatures in thrombus aspirates of patients with myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2013;127(11):1219-28.