Hanna Jeffrey N, Humphreys Jan L, Brookes Dianne L, Messina Terrianne, Raulli Alexandra
Cairns Population Health Unit, Tropical Regional Services, Division of the Chief Health Officer, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland.
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2010 Dec;34(4):444-7. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2010.34.44.
There were 176 culture-confirmed cases of melioidosis in north Queensland over the 10 years, 2000-2009. Most (nearly 80%) occurred in the first 4 months of the year. The overall case fatality was 21%, but was 14% in 2005-2009. Of the 173 adult cases, 45% were in Indigenous adults. Both diabetes and alcohol abuse were more prevalent among Indigenous adults with melioidosis than among non-Indigenous adults. The incidences in Indigenous adults were particularly high in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area, Cape York and Mornington Island, whereas for non-indigenous adults there appears to be a higher risk within Townsville city.
在2000年至2009年的10年间，昆士兰北部有176例经培养确诊的类鼻疽病例。大多数病例（近80%）发生在每年的前4个月。总体病死率为21%，但在2005年至2009年期间为14%。在173例成人病例中，45%为原住民成人。患有类鼻疽的原住民成人中，糖尿病和酗酒的情况比非原住民成人更为普遍。托雷斯海峡和北半岛地区、约克角和莫宁顿岛的原住民成人发病率特别高，而非原住民成人在汤斯维尔市的风险似乎更高。
