Leptospirosis Ditinjau dari Aspek Mikrobiologi

Leptospirosis is an acute infectious disease in humans caused by Leptospira sp. This classified as a zoonosis that usually occurs during the flood and commonly transmitted through rat urine. contact with animals or environment have been contaminated Leptospira. There are wide spectrum clinical manifestations of leptospirosis varying from self-limited to severe disease. enters human body conjunctiva injured skin, food beverage urine’s containing very difficult be distinguished other diseases such meningitis, malaria, dengue fever, hepatitis enteric fever. Clinical symptoms nonspecific due difficulties conforming diagnosis so resulted misdiagnosis this Microbiological examination done Rapid Diagnostic Test, Microscopic Agglutination Polymerase Chain Reaction test others. Prevention can inhibiting entry via implementing clean healthy life surrounding environment.