Staphylococcus aureus and autoimmune uveitis reactivation in childhood: a possible correlation?
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.
Mora
Paolo
P
Institute of Ophthalmology, Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria, Parma, Italy. paolo.mora@unipr.it.
Kamberi
Erilda
E
Manzotti
Francesca
F
Zavota
Laura
L
Orsoni
Jelka G
JG