Staphylococcus aureus and autoimmune uveitis reactivation in childhood: a possible correlation?

Ital J Pediatr. 2009 Nov 12;35(1):34. doi: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-34.

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.