A 70‐year‐old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and shortness of breath on the background of a one‐week history of fevers, dysuria and headaches. His past medical history included hypercholesterolaemia and gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease. He had no history of alcohol excess and lived on a cattle farm in rural Victoria.
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We thank Maryza Graham (medical microbiologist and infectious diseases physician) for her advice regarding laboratory testing techniques for Leptospira at Monash Health.
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