title: Diabetes mellitus, insulin, and melioidosis in Thailand.
abstract: A review of case records for 1817 Thai patients with melioidosis revealed that <10% of the 382 patients with diabetes mellitus were insulin dependent. This provides evidence against the hypothesis that insulin deficiency contributes to the known susceptibility to melioidosis in patients with diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. a.simpson@rfc.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew J H
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Paul N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Wirongrong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chierakul
authors.forename: Wipada
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chaowagul
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin