Principal Investigator: IMMERGLUCK, LILLY MD
Coordinator: LAGHAIE, ELHAM MS
Summary
What role do certain Immune Factors have on Recurrent MRSA Infections in Children?
(short name: Immune study)
There are currently gaps in scientific knowledge regarding why some children develop recurrent skin/soft tissue infections due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) while others do not. The focus of this proposal is to observe very specific host immune factors thought to be associated with defense mechanisms against S. aureus and to concurrently look for virulent factors which are strain specific.