{"id":11561,"date":"2021-03-18T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T08:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11561"},"modified":"2021-03-18T08:25:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T08:25:51","slug":"case-report-ocular-infection-from-staphylococcus-aureus-bacteraemia-in-a-sero-positive-hiv-patient-from-queen-elizabeth-central-hospital-blantyre-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11561","title":{"rendered":"Case Report: Ocular infection from Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a sero-positive HIV patient from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Thokozani Zungu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Ophthalmology, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaffi Mdala<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chatonda Manda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Petros Kayange<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:\u00a0<\/strong>Staphylococcus aureus, bacteraemia, chorioretinitis, endophthalmitis, HIV, vitritis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocular involvement in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia occurs with metastatic infection and has been identified as an independent risk factor for mortality. It manifests as either endophthalmitis or chorioretinitis and often leads to visual loss, particularly with delayed diagnosis. We present a case report of endogenous endophthalmitis and chorioretinitis in the background of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia in a 23-year-old HIV-positive woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Journal Identifiers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>eISSN: 1995-7262<br>print ISSN: 1995-7262<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thokozani Zungu Department of Ophthalmology, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi Shaffi Mdala Chatonda Manda Petros Kayange Keywords:\u00a0Staphylococcus aureus, bacteraemia, chorioretinitis, endophthalmitis, HIV, vitritis Abstract Ocular involvement in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia occurs with metastatic infection and has been identified as an independent risk factor for mortality. It manifests as either endophthalmitis or chorioretinitis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63],"tags":[67,97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11562,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561\/revisions\/11562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}