TABLE 1.
Number of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates and clinical specimens from melioidosis patients at nine hospitals in northeast Thailand
| Hospital designation | Total no. of isolates | No. of isolates from indicated type of clinical specimen |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | Respiratory secretion | Body fluida | Pusb | Urine | Wound swab | Tissuec | ||
| A | 227 | 185 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B | 89 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D | 140 | 96 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| E | 226 | 149 | 30 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 198 | 135 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| G | 127 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| H | 177 | 128 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| I | 107 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1,317 | 940 | 133 | 44 | 164 | 26 | 3 | 7 |
a
Body fluids from peritoneum, cerebrospinal, pericardium, pleural cavity, liver, synovial joints, elbow, joint, ankle, knee, or bile.
b
Pus from liver, kidney, neck, shoulder, arm, leg, ankle, knee, or foot.
c
Tissue from aneurysmal wall, lymph node, or unknown origin.