Table 1. Clinical data of leptospirosis patients.

Case number	Sex/Age (years)	Clinical and epidemiological information	Illness duration (days)
1	m/20	Fever, muscular pain, jaundice, acute renal failure, bipalpebral edema, pulmonary hemorrhage, epigastric pain and vomits. Low platelet count and leucocytosis.	4
2	f/81	Arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, muscular pain, jaundice, acute renal failure, acute respiratory failure. Patient refers contact with rats at home.	3
3	m/27	Fever, muscular pain, hepatomegaly, leukocytosis. Diffuse abdominal pain, vomits, massive pulmonary hemorrhage with hemoptisis. Acute renal failure. Positive serological tests for leptospirosis and B hepatitis. Previous contact with flood waters.	11
4	m/42	Jaundice, hepatomegaly, muscular pain, renal failure, acute respiratory failure. X rays showed micronodular interstitial infiltrate in both lungs. Leukocytosis.	4
5	m/27	Fever, muscular pain, jaundice, renal and pulmonary failure. Serological tests for leptospirosis, positive. Patient also had mansonic schistosomiasis	5