Table 6.

Characteristics of B. pseudomallei strain panel.

Bacterial strain	Country of origin	Strain source/clinical outcome	Passage history/date of isolation	Molecular characterization	Animal model			Scoring system
					LD50 or ID50 (CFU)	Route of infection	Species	Reported animal virulence data	Origin/isolation characterization	Genetic characterization	Minimum passage	Intellectual property/availability	Total
MSHR 668	Australia	53-Year-old male patient from Darwin with severe melioidosis encephalomyelitis; survived with good cognitive function but residual hemiparesis	6/1995	MLST and genome sequence	No data	No data	No data	0	4	5	4	5	18
MSHR 305	Australia	Brain of a fatal melioidosis encephalitis case	6/Unknown	MLST and genome sequence	Highly virulent	No data	Mouse	2	4	3	4	5	18
1026b	Thailand	Blood from 29-year-old female rice farmer with diabetes mellitus and disseminated disease including bacteremia, soft tissue, joint, and splenic involvement; survived to discharge	Unknown/1993	MLST only	10 to 4 × 104 CFU	Aerosol, intraperitoneal, intratracheal, intranasal	Hamster, mouse, rat, guinea pig	5	4	5	0	5	19
1106a	Thailand	23-Year-old female rice farmer presenting to Sappasithiprasong Hospital, survived to discharge	8/1993	MLST and genome sequence	1.3 × 102 CFU	Intratracheal	Rat	3	4	5	3	4	19
K96243	Thailand	34-Year-old female diabetic patient/Lethal	Unknown (>18)/1996	MLST and genome sequence	5 to 3 × 107 CFU	Aerosol, intraperitoneal, intranasal, subcutaneous	Mouse, marmoset	5	4	5	0	5	19
406e	Thailand	Toe swab isolated from a 21-year-old male laborer with disseminated disease including bacteremia, lung, skin, and renal tract involvement; died	8/1988	MLST and genome sequence	<10	Intraperitoneal	Hamster	3	5	5	3	4	20