Clinical features and diagnostic results of Peruvian patient groups.

LFA (Lateral flow assay); sTAT (Standard tube agglutination test); * Patient referred for suspicion of brucellosis by clinician but diagnosis not confirmed); 2-ME (2-mercaptoethonal brucella agglutination test). #Antibody index (AI) was calculated as per protocol (Brucella IgG ELISA, GenWay Inc, USA). The classification of AI are: <0.9 (No detectable Antibody), 0.9-1.1 (Border line positive or BL, follow up test recommended) and >1.1 detectable antibody.