Comparative acute-phase sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values for diagnosing leptospirosis by DPP assay using finger stick blood (FSB), venous whole blood (VWB), and serum, by serum IgM-ELISA, and by clinical impression for 96 patients–Salvador, Brazil 2012.

<p>Comparative acute-phase sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values for diagnosing leptospirosis by DPP assay using finger stick blood (FSB), venous whole blood (VWB), and serum, by serum IgM-ELISA, and by clinical impression for 96 patients–Salvador, Brazil 2012.</p

Characteristics of 96 enrolled patients hospitalized with acute febrile illness compatible with leptospirosis–Salvador, Brazil 2012.

<p>Characteristics of 96 enrolled patients hospitalized with acute febrile illness compatible with leptospirosis–Salvador, Brazil 2012.</p

Recruitment of patients hospitalized for acute febrile illness compatible with leptospirosis–Salvador, Brazil 2012.

<p>* Undifferentiated fever includes any other febrile illness consistent with acute clinical leptospirosis not elsewhere categorized. EBV = Epstein-Barr virus. HUS/TTP = hemolytic uremic syndrome/thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.</p