Table 1.
Summary data for 39 children with melioidosis
| Variable | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Male gender | 15 | 38% |
| Age (years), median (range, IQR*) | 7.8 | 1.6–16.2; 4.1–12.4 |
| Underlying disease present | 4 | 10% |
| Source of B. pseudomallei isolate | ||
| Blood† | 9 | 23% |
| Pus | 29 | 74% |
| Respiratory secretions | 1 | 3% |
| Severity of infection‡ | ||
| Localized | 27 | 69% |
| Disseminated | 12 | 31% |
| Type/site of infection | ||
| Acute suppurative parotitis | 15 | 38% |
| Superficial soft-tissue abscess | 7 | 18% |
| Blood culture positive and no focus identified | 6 | 15% |
| Lymph-node abscess | 4 | 10% |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 8% |
| Meningitis | 1 | 3% |
| Other§ | 3 | 8% |
| Admission WBC (×109 cells); median (range, IQR) | 16.7 | 1.6–33.3; 9.6–20.7 |
| Died during admission | 8 | 21% |
| Death attributable to melioidosis | 7 | 18% |
| Time to death (days); median (range) | 2 | day of admission to day 5 |
*
IQR, interquartile range.
†
One child also had B. pseudomallei isolated from urine
‡
Localized infection was defined as a single, discrete culture-positive focus of infection in the absence a positive blood culture or clinical and/or microbiological evidence of dissemination to a second site. Disseminated infection was defined as the presence of infection in two or more discrete body sites and/or the presence of B. pseudomallei in blood.
§
Psoas muscle abscess (1 case), mastoiditis (1 case), and pharyngeal abscess (1 case).