Table 1.

Summary of locally acquired South Queensland melioidosis cases

Case	Diagnosis month/year	Age, years	Gender	Exposure	Risk factors	Infection site	Treatment	Outcome	Relapse
1	4/2021	60	M	Floodwater	Diabetes, alcohol excess, smoker	Blood, lung, brain	MEM, 56 days; SXT, 6 months	Alive	No
2	5/2021	5	M	Mud	None	Skin	CAZ, 14 days; SXT, 6 months	Alive	No
3	6/2021	51	F	Mud	Diabetes, smoker	Lung, bone (hallux), abscess (liver)	CAZ, 28 days; SXT, 6 months	Alive	No
4	2/2022	77	F	Floodwater	Pancreatic cancer (chemotherapy)	Blood	MEM, 18 days; AMC, 4 months	Dead	–
5	2/2022	71	M	Mud	Alcohol excess, ex-smoker, prostate cancer (radiotherapy)	Blood, lung, bone (femur), brain (possible)	MEM, 56 days; SXT, 4 months	Alive	No
6	3/2022	83	M	Unknown	Chronic kidney disease, lung disease, chronic liver disease, immunosuppression (azathioprine)	Blood, lung	MEM, 28 days; SXT, 3 months	Alive	No
7	3/2022	59	M	Floodwater	Lung disease, smoker	Blood	MEM, 14 days; SXT, 3 months	Alive	No
8	3/2022	63	M	Floodwater	Diabetes, smoker	Blood, joint (shoulder)	MEM, 28 days; SXT, 6 months	Alive	No
9	3/2022	66	M	Floodwater	Smoker	Blood, lung, abscess (spleen), bone (humerus), skin	MEM, 28 days; SXT, 1 month; AMC, 6 months	Alive	No
10	3/2022	71	M	Floodwater	Alcohol excess	Blood, lung	AMC, 1 day	Dead	–
11	4/2022	11	M	Unknown	None	Skin, bone (tibia)	MEM, 47 days; CAZ, 56 days; SXT, 8 months	Alive	No
12*	4/2022	74	M	Unknown	Diabetes, alcohol excess	Blood, lung, abscess (liver, spleen, prostate), skin	MEM, 77 days; SXT, 6 months	Alive	No
13	5/2022	60	M	Floodwater	Diabetes, alcohol excess, smoker	Blood, abscess (prostate)	CAZ, 14 days; MEM, 14 days	Alive	No
14	6/2022	82	M	Floodwater	Diabetes	Skin	MEM, 14 days; SXT, 3 months	Alive	No

AMC = amoxicillin–clavulanic acid; CAZ = ceftazidime; F = female; M = male; MEM = meropenem; SXT = trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole.

^*Presented with chronic melioidosis (symptoms > 2 months).