Staphylococcal colonization of the oral cavity of children following an acute form of rubella infection

The children were being observed during the course of acute rubella infection and postinfectious period. Quantitative dynamic changes in the normal microflora composition were noted weekly during the first month of the disease as well as in the beginning of the second and the third months. The amount of microorganisms registered 3 weeks and in the beginning of the second month after the onset of rubella infection differed from that in the controls. The identification of the Staphylococcus genus microorganisms has shown an increased number of carriers during the first week, as well as on the third week from the onset of the disease. During these periods a secondary immunodeficiency is supposed to develop in children resulting in exacerbation of bacterial infections.