Table. Details of 6 residents of desert region in whom melioidosis was diagnosed after heavy rainfall in Central Australia, 2011*.

Age, y, sex, ethnicity	Month of illness onset	Risk factors	Clinical manifestation	B. pseudomallei culture source	MLST sequence type
22y, F, indigenous	March	Hazardous alcohol use	Brain abscess	Abscess pus	ST 897
32y, M, indigenous	March	Chronic renal disease	Axillary abscess	Abscess pus	ST 894
68y, F, indigenous	March	Elderly	Pneumonia, septic shock	Blood, sputum	ST 903
36 y, M, indigenous	April	Type 2 diabetes mellitus	Septic arthritis, septic shock	Blood, joint aspirate	ST 904
44 y, F, indigenous	May	Type 2 diabetes mellitus	Septic shock, no focus	Blood	ST 905
23y, M, caucasian	July	None	Skin abscess	Skin swab sample	ST 907
*Indigenous, Aboriginal people of Australia; MLST, multilocus sequence typing.