Pahang melioidosis registry

Melioidosis has a high annual incidence and mortality rate in Pahang, Malaysia. We initiated the first melioidosis registry in the country on 1st July 2005 to improve the management of melioidosis in the state. Continuous medical education on melioidosis was carried out in all hospitals in the state...

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Main Authors:	How, Soon Hin, Ng, Teck Han, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Tee, Hoi-Poh, Kuan, Yeh Chunn, Alex, Francis, Che Ahmad, Aminudin, Satwi, Sapari, Haque, Quazi Manjurul
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Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Medical Associations 2009
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RD Surgery
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/1/Pahang_Melioidosis_Registry.pdf

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spelling	iium-36132016-04-07T06:47:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/ Pahang melioidosis registry How, Soon Hin Ng, Teck Han Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Tee, Hoi-Poh Kuan, Yeh Chunn Alex, Francis Che Ahmad, Aminudin Satwi, Sapari Haque, Quazi Manjurul R Medicine (General) RD Surgery Melioidosis has a high annual incidence and mortality rate in Pahang, Malaysia. We initiated the first melioidosis registry in the country on 1st July 2005 to improve the management of melioidosis in the state. Continuous medical education on melioidosis was carried out in all hospitals in the state to highlight the magnitude of the disease and to educate the doctors on the treatment of the disease. All culture confirmed cases were registered and analysed. During the one-year study period from 1st July 2005 till 30th June 2006, a total of 63 patients had positive culture for Burkholderia pseudomallei. The calculated annual incidence of melioidosis in Pahang state was 4.3 per 100,000 population per year (Adult, 6.0 per 100, 000 population per year and paediatric, 1.6 per 100,000 population per year). There were 55 Malays (87.3%), three Chinese (4.8%), four aborigines (6.3%) and one Indonesian. Nine (14.3%) were less than 18 years old. The median age was 49 years (range: 1-68 years). Only one patient (1.6%) had a previous history of confirmed melioidosis. With this programme, we had observed a decline in adult mortality from 54% to 44%, although this was not statistically significant. However, culture-confirmed relapses had dropped from 19% to nil. Several measures need to be taken to decrease mortality from melioidosis in endemic countries. Malaysian Medical Associations 2009-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/1/Pahang_Melioidosis_Registry.pdf How, Soon Hin and Ng, Teck Han and Ab Rahman, Jamalludin and Tee, Hoi-Poh and Kuan, Yeh Chunn and Alex, Francis and Che Ahmad, Aminudin and Satwi, Sapari and Haque, Quazi Manjurul (2009) Pahang melioidosis registry. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 64 (1). pp. 27-30. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19852316
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RD Surgery How, Soon Hin Ng, Teck Han Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Tee, Hoi-Poh Kuan, Yeh Chunn Alex, Francis Che Ahmad, Aminudin Satwi, Sapari Haque, Quazi Manjurul Pahang melioidosis registry
description	Melioidosis has a high annual incidence and mortality rate in Pahang, Malaysia. We initiated the first melioidosis registry in the country on 1st July 2005 to improve the management of melioidosis in the state. Continuous medical education on melioidosis was carried out in all hospitals in the state to highlight the magnitude of the disease and to educate the doctors on the treatment of the disease. All culture confirmed cases were registered and analysed. During the one-year study period from 1st July 2005 till 30th June 2006, a total of 63 patients had positive culture for Burkholderia pseudomallei. The calculated annual incidence of melioidosis in Pahang state was 4.3 per 100,000 population per year (Adult, 6.0 per 100, 000 population per year and paediatric, 1.6 per 100,000 population per year). There were 55 Malays (87.3%), three Chinese (4.8%), four aborigines (6.3%) and one Indonesian. Nine (14.3%) were less than 18 years old. The median age was 49 years (range: 1-68 years). Only one patient (1.6%) had a previous history of confirmed melioidosis. With this programme, we had observed a decline in adult mortality from 54% to 44%, although this was not statistically significant. However, culture-confirmed relapses had dropped from 19% to nil. Several measures need to be taken to decrease mortality from melioidosis in endemic countries.
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author	How, Soon Hin Ng, Teck Han Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Tee, Hoi-Poh Kuan, Yeh Chunn Alex, Francis Che Ahmad, Aminudin Satwi, Sapari Haque, Quazi Manjurul
author_facet	How, Soon Hin Ng, Teck Han Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Tee, Hoi-Poh Kuan, Yeh Chunn Alex, Francis Che Ahmad, Aminudin Satwi, Sapari Haque, Quazi Manjurul
author_sort	How, Soon Hin
title	Pahang melioidosis registry
title_short	Pahang melioidosis registry
title_full	Pahang melioidosis registry
title_fullStr	Pahang melioidosis registry
title_full_unstemmed	Pahang melioidosis registry
title_sort	pahang melioidosis registry
publisher	Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3613/1/Pahang_Melioidosis_Registry.pdf
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Pahang melioidosis registry

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