Examination of the independent contribution of rheumatic heart disease and congestive cardiac failure to the development and outcome of melioidosis in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia.

Phoebe DaviesSimon SmithRob WilcoxJames D StewartTania J DavisKylie McKennaJosh Hanson
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)
In this region of tropical Australia RHD and CCF do not appear to be independent risk factors for melioidosis and have limited prognostic utility.