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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research

Role of Burkholderia pseudomallei–Specific IgG2 in Adults with Acute Melioidosis, Thailand

Panjaporn Chaichana, Kemajittra Jenjaroen, Suchintana Chumseng, Manutsanun Sumonwiriya, Patpong Rongkard, Barbara Kronsteiner, Prapit Teparrukkul, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Nicholas P.J. Day, Narisara Chantratita, and Susanna J DunachieComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand (P. Chaichana, K. Jenjaroen, S. Chumseng, M. Sumonwiriya, P. Rongkard, D. Limmathurotsakul, N.P.J. Day, N. Chantratita, S.J. Dunachie); University of Oxford, Oxford, England (P. Rongkard, B. Kronsteiner, D. Limmathurotsakul, N.P.J. Day, S. Dunachie); Sunpasithiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand (P. Teparrukkul)

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Table 2

Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression for melioidosis mortality rates, Thailand*

Variable Mortality rate
Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value
Serum IgG2 level 0.50 (0.30–0.83) 0.007
Age >45 y 0.36 (0.10–1.30) 0.120
Diabetes 0.92 (0.34–2.53) 0.876
Preexisting renal disease
 9.41 (2.48–35.80)
 0.001
Neutrophil count/µL
>4,000–8,000 Referent <0.001
<4,000 4.66 (0.52–41.50)
>8,000–12,000 19.00 (3.40–106.33)
>12,000
 14.78 (2.78–78.73)
*OR, odds ratio.

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