Association between Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and disease phenotype in patients affected by systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

SA colonization is a relatively frequent condition in patients with SLE, with a frequency similar to HS. The presence of SA seems associated with a peculiar SLE phenotype characterized by renal manifestations and autoantibody positivity, confirming the role of the microbiome in disease phenotype.