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A case of bilateral endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia
Author(s) -
Mohotti Jeewaka E,
Chan Shuang Q,
aka Fumitaka
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.00835
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , citation , medicine , library science , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics
A 55-year-old woman was admitted to an orthopaedic unit of a metropolitan hospital in Australia with right shoulder septic arthritis. She had been experiencing 3 days of right shoulder pain, fevers, rigors and delirium. These occurred in the context of a right rotator cuff repair 3 months previously. Her medical history included hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and an L4-S1 spinal fusion for lumbar spine degeneration. Her medications included hydrochlorothiazide, olmesartan and atorvastatin.