Assessing the national antibiotic surveillance data to identify burden for melioidosis in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Southeast Asia, the epidemiological data on melioidosis disease occurrence and mortality in Malaysia is not comprehensive. The aim of this study is to determine the burden of melioidosis and assess the National Surveillance for Antibiotic Resistance (NSAR) data as a potential tool melioidosis surveilance in Malaysia.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis on the B. pseudomallei reposited data submitted to the NSAR network between January 2014 and December 2020. The data were screened for information on patient demographics and specimen types. Additional patient comorbidities and outcomes were drawn from parallel surveillance for bacteremic melioidosis.

Results

The average annual incidence rate of m

SUBMITTER: Arushothy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10764260 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature