Meningitis Staphylococcal

Staphylococcal superinfection is an infection with staphylococcus in utero or after birth, most often in infancy. Unlike staphylococcal sepsis, in which the pathogen is found not only in the blood, but also in other tissues and organs, during a generic staphylococcal infection, only one or several strains of the microorganism are found in the body.

Staphylococcal infection can develop both during full delivery and during childbirth with trauma or ruptures of the perineum. Cases of the disease are rare in women with difficult labor. The infectious process develops after the first contractions or with small, reduced attempts in those women who, shortly before giving birth, suffered from a disease such as sinusitis. During childbirth, the baby becomes infected. If he is susceptible to infection