Clinical and laboratory characteristics in leptospirosis
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Methods Retrospective study, between January 2004-June 2014, in one infectious diseases hospital in Bucharest. We included patients with leptospirosis diagnosis at discharge and/or positive serology for leptospirosis. Serological diagnosis of acute leptospirosis was made by microscopic agglutination test using a battery of 17 antigens from international reference strains in one national reference laboratory and/or positive IgM-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS v19.0; continuous variables were described with medians and ranges; categorical variables were described with numbers and percentages.
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