Temporal arteritis and <i>Chlamydia pneumoniae</i>: Failure to detect the organism by polymerase chain reaction in ninety cases and ninety controls

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the reported correlation between the presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in temporal artery biopsy specimens and the diagnosis of temporal arteritis (TA). METHODS: Among 90 possible cases of TA identified at our institution between 1968 and 2000, 79 of the positive biopsy specimens (88%) demonstrated giant cells and the other 11 cases (12%) had other histopathologic features compatible with TA;...

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