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Melioidosis, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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| Authors: | Erika Vlieghe Lim Kruy Birgit De Smet Chun Kham Chhun Heng Veng Thong Phe Olivier Koole Sopheak Thai Lut Lynen Jan Jacobs |
| Affiliation: | Author affiliations: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (E. Vlieghe, B. DeSmet, O. Koole, L. Lynen, J. Jacobs);;Sihanouk Hospital Centre of Hope Phnom Penh, Cambodia (L. Kruy, C. Kham, C.H. Veng, T. Phe, S. Thai) |
| Abstract: | We describe 58 adult patients with melioidosis in Cambodia (2007–2010). Diabetes was the main risk factor (59%); 67% of infections occurred during the rainy season. Bloodstream infection was present in 67% of patients, which represents 12% of all bloodstream infections. The case-fatality rate was 52% and associated with inappropriate empiric treatment. |
| Keywords: | Melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei bloodstream infection pneumonia drug resistance bacteria Southeast Asia Phnom Penh Cambodia dispatch |