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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Research

Emergence of Burkholderia pseudomallei Sequence Type 562, Northern Australia

Ella M. MeumannComments to Author , Mirjam Kaestli, Mark Mayo, Linda Ward, Audrey Rachlin, Jessica R. Webb, Mariana Kleinecke, Erin P. Price, and Bart J. Currie
Author affiliations: Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (E.M. Meumann, M. Kaestli, M. Mayo, L. Ward, A. Rachlin, J.R. Webb, M. Kleinecke, E.P. Price, B.J. Currie); Charles Darwin University, Darwin (E.M. Meumann, M. Kaestli, M. Mayo, L. Ward, A. Rachlin, J.R. Webb, M. Kleinecke, E.P. Price, B.J. Currie); Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin (E.M. Meumann, B.J. Currie); University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia (E.P. Price)

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Table 2

Clinical features of melioidosis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei ST562, Darwin, Australia, October 1, 2004–September 30, 2019*

Characteristic ST, no. (%)
 Bivariate
562, n = 53 Other, n = 387 OR (95% CI) p value
Symptoms for <2 months
 50 (94)
 346 (89)
1.97 (0.59–10.32)
 0.33
Localization
Pulmonary 40 (75) 263 (68) 1.45 (0.73–3.06) 0.34
Abscess†
Prostatic 10 (32) 33 (15) 2.73 (1.05–6.73) 0.02
Hepatic 1 (2) 13 (3) 0.55 (0.01–3.82) >0.99
Splenic 2 (4) 25 (6) 0.57 (0.063–2.39) 0.76
Renal 3 (6) 9 (2) 2.51 (0.42–10.49) 0.17
Skin and/or soft tissue 3 (6) 51 (13) 0.40 (0.08–1.30) 0.17
Bone or joint 3 (6) 28 (7) 0.77 (0.14–2.64) >0.99
Central nervous system
0
 4 (1)
NA
 >0.99
Severity
Bacteremia¶ 28 (55) 233 (61) 0.79 (0.42–1.49) 0.45
Septic shock 12 (23) 66 (17) 1.42 (0.64–2.94) 0.34
Death 7 (13) 35 (9) 1.53 (0.54–3.77) 0.32

*NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; ST, sequence type.
†Missing data for 1 patient with non-ST562 B. pseudomallei infection. Prostate abscess data is for 31 men with ST562 and 223 men with other STs.
¶Missing data for 2 patients with ST562 and 3 patients with other STs.

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