Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia is associated with high morbidity and mortality but is often not diagnosed or managed appropriately. On this episode, the host of Microbe Mail, Dr Vindana Chibabhai, asks Dr Michelle Venter to answer important questions related to appropriate diagnosis and management of SAB.

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About our guest Dr. Michelle Venter

Michelle Venter is an Infectious Diseases Physician based at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg.

She qualified as a medical doctor at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2007, and completed both her internship and community service training at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. She then specialised as an adult Physician, and subspecialised as an Infectious Diseases Physician at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.

She then returned to Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital to work full-time in the Division of Infectious Diseases, within the Department of Internal Medicine, where she is head of the TB program at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.

She is an Arthur Ashe fellow and has research interests in the gut microbiome, antimicrobial stewardship and the interaction between the innate immune system and infectious diseases.

Her lockdown activities include ongoing COVID-19 research, cello playing and a rediscovered appreciation for sago pudding and jazz music.