Opportunistic infections in burned children

: The burn injury is a typical pathology in which there is a possibility of opportunistic infections because the patients have a severe derangement in their defense. The authors examine etiology, pathogenesis, simptomatology, diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of these infections. The authors also report their own experience about these infections based on study of a group of burned children hospitalized in the pediatric surgery unit of A. Meyer hospital in Florence.