Leptospirosis

Case definition

A patient with fever, headache, myalgia of calves and/or thighs, and weakness and one or more of the following symptoms/signs:

• Conjunctival suffusion
• Anuria or oliguria
• Jaundice
• Cough, haemoptysis or shortness of breath
• Haemorrhage (gastrointestinal bleeding, lung bleeding)
• Meningeal irritation
• Skin rash
• Cardiac arrhythmia or failure

Specimen

Whole blood with anticoagulant in a purple-top tube (collected ≤ 5 days from onset of symptoms) should be sent to the National Public Health Lab.

Source: National Surveillance Manual