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