Table 1.
Year | Patients with positive cultures | Notifications‡ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total* | Blood culture | Other sample† | ||
1997 | 2 | 2 | 0 | NA |
1998 | 6 | 6 | 0 | NA |
1999 | 2 | 1 | 1 | NA |
2000 | 6 | 5 | 1 | NA§ |
2001 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
2002 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2004 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
2005 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
2006 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2007 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2009 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Cases of melioidosis in Western Australia from 1997 to 2009.
All culture-positive cases, most of which were bacteriemic, including those positive at other body sites.
Culture-positive cases in samples other than blood cultures.
Formal notifications to Health Department, some of which were based on serological evidence of recent exposure.
Notifications for 2000 did not include the first few months of the year, when most culture-positive cases occurred.