Fact sheets

The Department of Health, Western Australia, does not produce fact sheets on this topic.

Public Health action

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited: Melbourne

Notifiable disease data and reports

• Up-to-date Leptospirosis notification data

• General infectious disease reports

Additional sources of information

• Control of Communicable Diseases Manual  

Case definition

Reporting

Only confirmed cases should be notified.

Confirmed case

A confirmed case requires laboratory definitive evidence only.

Laboratory definitive evidence

1. Isolation of pathogenic Leptospira species
OR

2. A fourfold or greater rise in Leptospira agglutination titre between acute and convalescent phase sera obtained at least two weeks apart and preferably conducted at the same laboratory
OR

3. A single Leptospira micro agglutination titre greater than or equal to 400 supported by a positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay IgM result.