Italian Journal of Pediatrics (Nov 2009)

<it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>and autoimmune uveitis reactivation in childhood: a possible correlation?

  • Zavota Laura,
  • Manzotti Francesca,
  • Kamberi Erilda,
  • Mora Paolo,
  • Orsoni Jelka G

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-35-34
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 1
p. 34

Abstract

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Abstract The role of infectious agents in autoimmune diseases has been the subject of several studies and is still under investigation. Here a paediatric case series of autoimmune uveitis is reported. An exacerbation of the ocular inflammation occurred in concomitance with nasal colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus.