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Table 1 Clinical and laboratorial findings of cases of meliodosis in Piauí State, Brazil

From: Emergence of melioidosis in Brazil: a case series

Case no.

Age/sex

Clinical presentation

Clinical features

BP isolated from

(HB)

g/dL

(HT)

%

LEUC

 × 103/µL

PLAT

 × 103/µL

URE

mg/dL

CRE

mg/dL

CRP

mg/dL

Na + 

mmol/L

K + 

mmol/L

Outcome

1

50/F

MS, pneumonia

Dyspnea, productive cough, without fever

Urine

12.1

38.2

7.88

296

45.6

0.25

4.13

130.0

4.7

Recovered

2

80/M

ITP

Petechial rash, abdominal pain, and dyspnea

Blood

6.5

21.1

24.0

5

110

1.13

160.9

133.0

3.7

Death

3

22/M

DM type 1, SLE, fibromyalgia, osteomyelitis

Abdominal pain, leg weakness, fever

Blood

8.0

25.0

5.43

458

52.1

1.08

105.26

137.0

4.6

Recovered

4

63/F

Hypertension, CKD, history of liver transplantation, tuberculosis

Weakness, productive cough, fever

Blood

6.9

20.3

3.7

107

126.6

3.35

137.91

130.0

5.1

Recovered

5

38/F

DM type 1, hypothyroidism

Productive cough, daily afternoon fever, abdominal pain, weight loss

BALF

8.6

25.8

11.52

392

48

0.91

138

3.9

17.25

Recovered

6

25/M

DM type 1, pyelonephritis

Fever, asthenia, pain in the right hypochondrium

Liver abscess

7.5

22.9

9.02

450

22.3

0.63

146.83

123.0

4.0

Recovered

7

41/M

DM type 2

Fever, chills, pale feces, dark urine, dry cough, leg edema

Blood, liver abscess

10.9

32.7

12.45

198

27.0

1.03

184.79

128

4.1

Recovered

  1. All patients were self-identified as “pardos”, of visibly mixed racial origin
  2. BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, BP Burkholderia pseudomallei, CKD chronic kidney disease, CRE creatinine, DM diabetes mellitus, HB hemoglobin, HT hematocrit, ITP idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, LEUC leukocytes, MS multiple sclerosis, PLAT platelets, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, URE urea