Projects / Programmes
Phenotype, genotype and epidemiological properties of bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
3.01.00 |
Medical sciences |
Microbiology and immunology |
|
Code |
Science |
Field |
B230 |
Biomedical sciences |
Microbiology, bacteriology, virology, mycology |
Chlamydia pneumoniae, pneumonia, atherosclerosis, DNA, oligonucleotides, gene, epidemiology, diagnosis
Researchers (7)
no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
1. |
19591 |
Done Golubovski |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
2001 - 2002 |
8 |
2. |
05381 |
PhD Darja Keše |
Microbiology and immunology |
Head |
2002 - 2004 |
260 |
3. |
18064 |
Danica Krečič |
|
Researcher |
2002 - 2004 |
0 |
4. |
12555 |
PhD Jošt Kuret |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
2001 - 2002 |
27 |
5. |
05382 |
PhD Saša Simčič |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
2002 - 2004 |
148 |
6. |
03287 |
PhD Marjeta Zorc |
Cardiovascular system |
Researcher |
2002 - 2004 |
173 |
7. |
15001 |
PhD Anamarija Zore |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
2002 - 2004 |
204 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Chlamydia pneumoniae is so called "emerging pathogen" which patogenicity is still unknown and is so the subject of many researches studying worldwide. C. pneumoniae is recognized as an important respiratory pathogen. Studies have also associated this organism with atherosclerotic heart disease. In our study we will determinate the prevalence rates of C. pneumoniae infections in our patients with community acquired pneumonia and in patients with atherosclerosis with the use of serological test and the methods of molecular biology. With the analysis of different DNA C. pneumoniae fragments we will study if it is possible that distinct clinical disease syndromes such as respiratory tract infections or atherosclerosis are associated with different C. pneumoniae serovars or genotypes. The results will be important for understanding the epidemiology and the pathogenicity of C. pneumoniae and will contribute to establih the standardization of the laboratory diagnostic procedures.