Blood sample (serum)
Gold top clotted (5ml)
For electronic requesting using EPIC (RDUH ONLY):
Search for: ‘Leptospira screen‘ or test code ‘LAB9324‘
The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the gold standard for detection of agglutinating antibodies that may be present from 5 days after disease onset. It is necessary to test 2 samples taken 7 days apart. If the patient presents in the first week of the disease, in addition to serum, send EDTA blood for Leptospirosis PCR.
Diagnosis of Leptospirosis.
Sent to Reference Laboratory
7 days
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/leptospira-reference-unit-services
Specimen Labelling Procedure
9018
