Table 2.

Major presentations of patients with melioidosis

Presentation	All (n=1352)	Bacteraemia	Septic shock	Died at one month	Died at one year
Lung infection	565 (41·8%)	430 (76·1%)	268 (47·4%)	200 (35·7%)	253 (45·8%)
Skin/soft tissue infection	307 (22·7%)	165 (53·8%)	61 (19·9%)	42 (13·8%)	57 (19·1%)
Bacteremia without focus	275 (20·3%)	275 (100·0%)	85 (30·9%)	77 (28·2%)	100 (37·3%)
Intra-abdominal infection	215 (15·9%)	184 (85·6%)	51 (23·7%)	34 (16·0%)	47 (22·5%)
Genitourinary tract infection	173 (12·8%)	153 (88·4%)	67 (38·7%)	49 (28·3%)	72 (42·4%)
Septic arthritis	108 (8·0%)	87 (80·6%)	30 (27·8%)	11 (10·3%)	23 (21·9%)
Osteomyelitis	11 (0·8%)	6 (54·6%)	2 (18·2%)	0 (0·0%)	2 (18·2%)
Neurological infection	11 (0·8%)	7 (63·6%)	3 (27·3%)	1 (9·1%)	3 (27·3%)

Sum of the first column exceeds total number of patients as some patients had more than one presentation.

Septic shock is defined as a requirement of inotropic or vasopressor agents during the hospitalization.

Vital status was missing for seven patients at one month and 30 patients at one year.