Leptospirosis

Disease from rat-contaminated water causing jaundice. Spirochete causing Weil's disease with renal and hepatic involvement.

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Leptospirosis can cause "aseptic meningitis" that's clinically indistinguishable from viral meningitis, but here's the twist - the bacteria are often absent from CSF despite causing meningeal inflammation. It's bacterial meningitis without detectable bacteria, making diagnosis nearly impossible without serologic testing.

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