cogan's syndrome and autoimmune cross-targeting

Hypothesis: The cross-targeting of infections at the same tissue causes autoimmune disease.  One infection marks the outside while another marks the inside...only then does the immune system become confused and attack.

cogan's syndrome is autoimmune
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22846458

 Chlamydia pneuoniae appears in the case history of several Cogan's syndrome patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15904966

Looking for the virus culprit now.  Considering the pinkeye connection.

Pinkeye and conjuctivitis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17457917

Looking at Coxsackie B and the ear
Coxsackie B has been implicated in tinnitus
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17984924

Board under construction.