A comparison of two molecular methods for diagnosing leptospirosis from three different sample types in patients presenting with fever in Laos K. Woods,

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A comparison of two molecular methods for diagnosing leptospirosis from three different sample types in patients presenting with fever in Laos K. Woods, C. Nic-Fhogartaigh, C. Arnold, L. Boutthasavong, W. Phuklia, C. Lim, A. Chanthongthip, S.M. Tulsiani, S.B. Craig, M.-A. Burns, S.L. Weier, V. Davong, S. Sihalath, D. Limmathurotsakul, D.A.B. Dance, N. Shetty, M. Zambon, P.N. Newton, S. Dittrich Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 24, Issue 9, Pages 1017.e1-1017.e7 (September 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.10.017 Copyright © 2017 The Authors Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Participant flow and diagnostic test results. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2018 24, 1017.e1-1017.e7DOI: (10.1016/j.cmi.2017.10.017) Copyright © 2017 The Authors Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Fever duration at admission in patients qPCR positive for pathogenic Leptospira DNA, according to admission sample type which was qPCR positive. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2018 24, 1017.e1-1017.e7DOI: (10.1016/j.cmi.2017.10.017) Copyright © 2017 The Authors Terms and Conditions