Bacterial footprints in aspirate of infarct-related artery in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention

This study aimed to examine bacterial footprints in the aspirate of infarct-related artery. Patients and methods We studied 140 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction who underwent a primary coronary intervention using thrombus aspiration catheters. The aspirate was sent for bacteriological and pathological examinations and immunoassay for pneumolysin toxin. Results Bacterial culture showed different bacteria in 14 samples. Leukocyte infiltrate was detected in all pathologically examined samples. Pneumolysin toxin was detected in only two samples. Patients with bacteria had similar baseline data as those without, except for the median age [46 (44–50) vs. 55 (47–62) years, P = 0.001, respectively], and white blood cells (WBCs) (16670 vs. 7550 cells/µl, P
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - Category: Cardiology Tags: Myocardial Infarction Source Type: research