[Properties of Staphylococcus aureus in case of the unfavorable course of burn infection]. / Svoistva Staphylococcus aureus pri neblagopriiatnom techenii ozhogovoi infektsii.

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.