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. |