Table 1.
Western Australian patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis by year
| 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.