Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and microbiological data of 92 subjects
| Septicemic melioidosis | Other sepsis | Recovery | Type 2 diabetes | Healthy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training set (n = 34) | |||||
| Number of subjects | 11 | 13 | 5 | 5 | |
| Mean age in years (range) | 54 (41-70) | 56 (37-74) | 46 (41-64) | 40 (39-68) | |
| Sex (male/female) | 7/4 | 4/9 | 3/2 | 1/4 | |
| Survivors/non-survivors | 6/5 | 11/2 | |||
| Organisms (n) | B. pseudomallei (11) | A. baumannii (1) | |||
| Corynebacterium spp. (2) | |||||
| C. albicans (3) | |||||
| E. coli (3) | |||||
| Salmonella serotype B (1) | |||||
| S. aureus (1) | |||||
| Salmonella spp. (1) | |||||
| Non-group A or B Streptococcus (1) | |||||
| Independent test set 1 (n = 33) | |||||
| Number of subjects | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Mean age in years (range) | 50 (18-70) | 56 (37-70) | 50 (39-64) | 49 (48-50) | 38 (35-43) |
| Sex (male/female) | 11/2 | 6/5 | 3/1 | 0/2 | 0/3 |
| Survivors/non-survivors | 12/1 | 6/5 | |||
| Organisms (n) | B. pseudomallei (13) | Coagulase-negative staphylococci (6)* | |||
| E. coli (1) | |||||
| Enterococcus spp. (1) | |||||
| S. aureus (1) | |||||
| K. pneumoniae (1) | |||||
| S. pneumoniae (1) | |||||
| Independent test set 2 (n = 25) | |||||
| Number of subjects | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| Mean age in years (range) | 47 (40-56) | 61 (43-81) | 57 (50-71) | 44 (37-67) | |
| Sex (male/female) | 4/4 | 2/5 | 0/5 | 3/2 | |
| Survivors/non-survivors | 3/5 | 5/2 | 5/0 | 5/0 | |
| Organisms (n) | B. pseudomallei (8) | A. hydrophila (1)† | |||
| Corynebacterium spp. (1) | |||||
| E. coli (2)† | |||||
| S. aureus (1) | |||||
| Enterococcus spp. (1) | |||||
| E. faecium (1) |
*Three in six patients were positive in two sets of blood cultures. †Patients were positive in two sets of blood cultures.