Pruebas de laboratorio para el diagnóstico clínico de leptospirosis en adultos

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a frequent zoonotic disease in humid - tropical environments, caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, its transmission is directly or indirectly through skin abrasions, it will generate various clinical manifestations from a mild anicteric disease to multi-organ involvement. lethal This research work aims to identify clinical laboratory tests for the detection of Leptosp ira in adult patients, since the clinical manifestations in the initial phase are non-specific, which is why the application of detection tests in the initial stages is important. of the infection. The research is of a non - experimental retrospective type, through a bibliographic review of scientific-academic platforms, where 130 articles related to laboratory tests for leptospirosis were found, of which the inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, where 100 articles were rejected. and 30 articles were selected, since they met all the criteria established for the research of interest. It is concluded that for an early diagnosis of leptospirosis it is important to correctly apply the methods and techniques according to the clinical phase of the pathology.