Properties of Staphylococcus aureus in case of the unfavorable course of burn infection
Brudastov, I.A.; Sborets, T.S.; Gritsenko, V.A.; Plotnikov, A.O.; Brudastov, A.N.; Voronov, O.N.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 2003(4): 47-51
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 12966877 Document Number: 553297
Clinical and microbiological study of wound, discharge from 35 patients demonstrated a relationship between biological properties: of S. aureus, the causative agent of burn infection, and the course of the infected burn trauma. The prognostic importance of the antioxidant properties of these staphylococci was established: in cases of the unfavorable course of the burn process they showed essentially greater resistance to peroxinitrite and higher superoxide dismutase activity in comparison with the cultures isolated from patients with uncomplicated wound infection.