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The annual incidence of bacteremic melioidosis ranged from 14 to 17 per 100,000 persons, and average population mortality rate was 2 per 100,000 persons per year. In-hospital mortality rate declined nonsignificantly from 15% (15\/102) to 13% (15\/118). Of 313 (56%) bacteremic melioidosis patients who met criteria for acute lower respiratory infection and were included in the hospital-based pneumonia surveillance system, 65% (202\/313) had a chest radiograph performed within 48 hours of admission; 46% (92\/202) showed radiographic evidence of pneumonia. Annual incidence of bacteremic melioidosis with pneumonia was 2.4 per 100,000 persons (95% confidence intervals; 1.9\u20132.9). In-hospital death was more likely among bacteremic melioidosis patients with pneumonia (34%; 20\/59) compared with non-pneumonia patients (18%; 59\/321) (<jats:italic>P-<\/jats:italic>value = 0.007). The overall mortality could have been as high as 46% (257\/564) if patients with poor clinical condition at the time of discharge had died. The continued high incidence of bacteremic melioidosis, pneumonia, and deaths in an endemic area highlights the need for early diagnosis and treatment and additional interventions for the prevention and control for melioidosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.17-0402","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,3]],"date-time":"2018-04-03T07:00:37Z","timestamp":1522738837000},"page":"1585-1591","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Hospitalized Bacteremic Melioidosis in Rural Thailand: 2009\u20132013"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"98","author":[{"given":"Anchalee","family":"Jatapai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Disease Detection Regional Center, Thailand Ministry of Public Health\u2013U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher J.","family":"Gregory","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Disease 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