title: [Leptospira infected rat population as probable cause of a fatal case of Weil's disease].
abstract: In the summer of 1992 a patient died of a leptospiral infection which he probably had contracted while he was swimming in an artificial lake in the region of Tübingen/Reutlingen. Regarding the epidemiological role of leptospirosis the rodent population was investigated, because rats and mice were often seen in the surrounding area. 11 rats and 20 mice could be trapped. From their urine or kidneys two leptospiral serovars were isolated: Serovar copenhageni from Rattus norvegicus and serovar saxkoebing from Clethrionomys glareolus. Leptospiral antibody titers were not detected in one of these infected animals. It may be supposed that the Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni out of the Serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae had caused the leptospiral infection of the patient.
authors.affiliation: LUA Oberschleissheim.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brem
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Radu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schönberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reisshauer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waidmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kopp
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009115:Muridae; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*