Lee Ann Campbell, Cho-Chou Kuo, and J. Thomas Grayston
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Back to article Figure 1. Ultrastructural evidence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary atheroma. This transmission electron micrograph demonstrates the presence of endosomes containing C. pneumoniae pear-shaped elementary bodies within a foam cell in tissue from coronary artery atheroma. Arrows in inset point to the elementary bodies. Bar=0.5 µm. (Reprinted from Journal of Infectious Diseases (8) with permission from the publisher, University of Chicago Press).

Back to article Figure 2. Immunocytochemical staining demonstrating Chlamydia pneumoniae in fibrolipid plaque from coronary artery atheroma. Panel A illustrates positive staining of foam cells in the plaque with the C. pneumoniae—specific monoclonal antibody TT-401. Panel B shows negative staining of the adjacent section using normal ascites fluid as the control.

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