Canine Leptospira PCR – Urine: Leptospira interrogans serovars icterohaemorrhagiae, canicola, pomona, australis, bratislava, autumnalis, ballum and pyrogenes, L. kirschneri serovar grippotyphosa, L. interrogans/borgpetersenii serovar sejroe
Specimen
2.0 mL urine in urine transport tube
Test Description
A highly sensitive and specific test used to evaluate patients suspected of having leptospirosis. Leptospira bacteremia is followed by bacteriuria. Urine usually becomes positive day 7-10 post-exposure in clinically ill patients.