Tympanosclerosis and atherosclerosis plaques: a comparative analytical study on some new microbiological and immunohisto

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Tympanosclerosis and atherosclerosis plaques: a comparative analytical study on some new microbiological and immunohistochemical aspects Shadman Nemati1   · Alia Saberi1   · Ali Faghih Habibi1   · Hossein Hemmati2   · Reza Jafari‑Shakib3,4   · Mojtaba Hedayati Ch5   · Elahe Bozorgzadeh4,6  Received: 30 September 2020 / Accepted: 20 October 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract Purpose  The aim of this study was to compare chemical contents, expression of BMP-8a, and the presence of Mycoplasma and ExoS-ExoU exotoxins producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in tympanosclerosis (TS) and atherosclerosis (AS) plaques. Methods  Thirty-six cases with TS and AS plaques (18 each) were selected and examined for chemical, immunohistochemical, and microbial analysis. SPSS ver. 21 and t test analysis were used for comparing the findings, and the level of significance was considered as p