Association Between Infection With <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and <i>Chlamydia pneumoniae</i> and Risk of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes

Abstract

Our population-based study does not provide evidence of any strong association between the immune response to C pneumoniae as a marker of prior infection and ischemic stroke. Further studies are required to reveal the role of chronic H pylori infection as an independent risk factor for the subgroup small-artery occlusion.