Table 2. B. pseudomallei strains: origins, properties and clinical details.
| Strain | Isolation Date | Clinical Details | Gentamicin MICa |
| 708a | 30.8.90 | 32 year old male; 21 days fever and 14 days abdominal pain. No risk factors for melioidosis. Splenic abscess as single infectious site. Splenectomy required to control infection. Treated with intravenous ceftazidime followed by oral doxycycline. Survived. | 0.5 µg/ml |
| 2188a | 18.12.98 | 22 year old male rice farmer; 14 days fever, cough, sputum, swollen left knee. Known diabetic. Bacteremic with lung and joint involvement. Treated with joint washout and intravenous amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. Developed respiratory failure and died the day after admission. | 0.5 µg/ml |
| 3799a | 12.12.05 | 66 year old female rice farmer; 15 days cough, breathlessness, sputum. History of chronic renal failure. Bacteremic with lung and renal involvement. Treated with ceftazidime. Died from septic shock 4 days after admission. | 1 µg/ml |
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MIC determinations were performed in Thailand using the E-test.