Leptospirosis Infection Misdiagnosed as COVID-19: A Rare Case Report

Leptospirosis is an acute, febrile, systemic, and zoonotic infectious disease characterized by widespread vasculitis caused by Leptospira interrogans from the leptospira family. It can be in the form of asymptomatic infection; it can also progress with severe symptomatic forms characterized by multiorgan involvement such as aseptic meningitis as well as liver and kidney failure. Leptospirosis is transmitted to humans through water, soil, and food contaminated with the urine of infected mice or other mammals. COVID-19 is a newly detected coronavirus that causes pneumonia. The disease has led to a pandemic all over the world. In this case report, we aimed to draw attention to leptospirosis infection in the presence of a case who was followed up with the differential diagnosis of COVID-19 and diagnosed with leptospirosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Leptospirosis is one of the diagnoses that should be kept in mind in especially developing countries in patients presenting with findings that may be confused with COVID-19 during the pandemic period.