Identification
Acinetobacter
(such as Carbapenemresistant Acinetobacter spp.)
(CRA)
Positive culture for Acinetobacter
spp. that is intermediate or
resistant to doripenem, imipenem,
or meropenem
Amebiasis
(Entamoeba
Histolytica/Dispar)
Reportable: When
and How?
CDC
Reportable
Condition
Notes for
Reporting
Laboratories
No Automated
Reporting
MDH Reportable Diseases Mapping Table for ELR
If positive and
Report within one
available, report
antibiotic susceptibility working day
results
MDH would like to
Positive specimen for entamoeba have test
Report within one
histolytica
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
Request for B. anthracis testing,
Bacillus anthracis positive
specimen (positive culture)
Report immediately by
telephone
x
For any of these: Positive IgG
and/or IgM antibody test results
If LP was performed:
(EIA or IFA); PCR, IHC, or culture
CSF values (WBC,
positive from CSF or serum/blood
RBC, prot, gluc)
OR ICD-9 Codes: 066.40, 066.41,
066.42, 066.49
Report within one
working day
x
IgG, IgM, or total antibody test
results for Babesia sp., including
titer and species; Blood smear
positive for Babesia sp. (might be
listed as "inclusions in
erythrocytes" or "parasites in red
blood cells"; PCR, IHC, or culture
positive for Babesia OR ICD-9
Code 088.82
If available, following
results of complete
Report within one
blood count: RBC
working day
(lowest), Hgb (lowest),
and platelets (lowest)
x
Bronchoaolvelar lavage (BAL),
skin or sputum culture positive for
Blastomycosis
Blastomyces; urine antigen
(Blastomyces Dermatitidis) postive for Blastomyces, serology
(IgG) positive for Blastomyces, or
Blastomyces visualized on smear
Report within one
working day
Anthrax
(Bacillus anthracis) (a)
Arboviral Disease (Endemic)
such as West Nile Virus
(WNV); LaCrosse
Encephalitis Virus and other
California Serogroup
Viruses; Western Equine
Encephalitis (WEE) Virus;
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
(EEE) Virus; St. Louiis
Encephalitis (SLE) Virus;
Powassan (POW) Virus;
Jamestown Canyon Virus
(JCV)
Babesiosis
(Babesia spp.)
Botulism
(Clostridium Botulinum)
Brucellosis
(Brucella spp.) (a)
No automated reporting
Positive culture or serology for
Brucella sp
Report immediately by
telephone
Report immediately by
telephone
x
x
MDH would like to
Report within one
have test
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
Campylobacteriosis
(Campylobacter spp.) (a)
Positive specimen for
Campylobacter
Cat Scratch Disease
(infection caused by
Bartonella spp.)
Chancroid
(Haemophilus Ducreyi) (c)
Serology (IgG and/or IgM) positive
for Bartonella spp. or positive
culture or PCR
Report within one
working day
Positive culture for H. ducreyi
Report within one
working day
x
Positive culture for C. trachomatis,
NAAT, DNA probe, EIA, DFA,
direct immunofluorescence, or
nucleic acid hybridization positive
Report within one
working day
x
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Infection (c)
Cholera
(Vibrio Cholerae) (a)
Positive specimen for Vibrio
cholera
Coccidioidomycosis
Immunodiffusion IgG, complement
fixation, or antibody positive for
coccidioimycoses or culture
positive
MDH would like to
Report Immediately by
have test
manufacturer/method Telephone
included in ELR
Report within one
working day
MDH would like to
have test
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
MDH would like to
Cryptosporidiosis
Specimen positive for
have test
(Cryptosporidium spp.) (a) cryptosporidium spp
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
MDH would like to
Cyclosporiasis
have test
Specimen positive for cyclospora
(Cyclospora spp.) (a)
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
If available, following
IgG and/or IgM antibody test
results of complete
Dengue Virus Infection
results from serum/blood or CSF; blood count:
(Dengue Fever)
PCR, antigen, culture, or IHC
hematocrit, platelets
positive OR ICD-9 code 061
(lowest), WBC
(lowest)
Positive culture for C. diphtheriae,
Diphtheria (Corynebacterium
request for a culture for C.
Diphtheriae) (a)
diphtheriae
MDH would like to
Diphyllobothrium Latum
Specimen positive for
have test
Infection
diphyllobothrium
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
Coronobacter
Positive culture for enterobacter
(infants under 1 year of age)
sakazakii in pt <1 yr
(a)
Encephalitis
(caused by viral agents)
Positive viral CSF culture or ICD-9
code 062.0, 062.1, 062.2, 062.3,
062.4, 062.5, 062.8, 062.9, 063.0,
063.1, 063.2, 063.8, 063.9, 064
Positive for E. coli O157:H7 by
Enteric E. coli Infection (a) culture or any other method; or
(such as E. coli O157:H7) positive for Shiga toxin by any
method
x
x
Previously
Enterobacter
sakazakii
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
Report immediately by
telephone
x
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
MDH would like to
Report within one
have test
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
x
Enteric E. coli Infection (a)
Positive for Shiga toxin by any
(such as other
enterohemorrhagic (Shiga method
toxin-producing) E. coli)
Positive for EPEC or EPEC
Enteric E. coli Infection (a)
virulence factors (e.g., bfp/bundle
(such as enteropathogenic
forming pilus and eae/intimin) by
E. coli)
any method
positive for EIEC or EIEC
Enteric E. coli Infection (a)
virulence factors (e.g.,
(such as enteroinvasive E.
ipaH/invasion plasmid antigen) by
coli)
any method
MDH would like to
have test
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
MDH would like to
have test
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
MDH would like to
have test
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
Positive for ETEC or ETEC
Enteric E. coli Infection (a)
virulence factors (e.g., estA/heat
(such as enterotoxigenic E.
stable enterotoxin or estB/heatcoli)
labile enterotoxin) by any method
MDH would like to
have test
Report within one
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
x
Positive culture for
Enterobacteriaceae spp that is
Enterobacteriaceae
intermediate or resistant to
(such as Carbapenemdoripenem, imipenem, or
resistant Enterobacteriaceae meropenem and resistant to
spp.) (CRE)
ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, and
cefotaxime based on current CLSI
breakpoints
If positive and
available, report
antibiotic susceptibility Report within one
results and modified working day
Hodge test (MHT)
results
Giardiasis
(Giardia Lamblia)
Specimen positive for Giardia
Positive culture for or detection of
Glanders (a)
burkholderia mallei, positive
serology or PCR
Positive N. gonorrhoeae cultures,
Gonorrhea
NAAT, DNA probe, EIA or DFA
(Neisseria Gonorrhoeae) (c)
positive
Postive culture for H. influenzae
from a normally sterile site (blood,
Haemophilus Influenzae
CSF, joint fluid, pleural fluid,
Disease
peritoneal fluid, bone, internal
(all invasive diseases)
body or tissue site) or other
normally sterile site
Serology positive (IgG/IgM) or
Hantavirus Infection
PCR positive for hantavirus, any
positive specimen
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ICD-9 = 283.11; physician
(HUS) (a)
diagnosis or ICD-10 = D59.3
Hepatitis A IgM positive (HAV
Hepatitis: Hepatitis A
IgM)
Hepatitis: Hepatitis B
MDH would like to
Report within one
have test
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
x
Report immediately by
telephone
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
Report immediately by
telephone
Report within one
working day
If positive then report:
HBsAg,anti-HBs,
Positive HBsAg, HBeAg, anti-HBc
HBeAg, anti-Hbe, anti- Report within one
IgM, HBV DNA, HBV genotype all
HBc IgM, anti-HBc
working day
results except "not detectable"
total, HBV DNA, and
HBV genotype
x
x
x
Hepatitis: Hepatitis C
If any positive then
report: anti-HCV
Positive anti-HCV (EIA, CIA, etc.), (EIA,CIA,etc._, antianti-HCV RIBA, HCV RNA
HCV RIBA, HCV RNA
Report within one
qualitative, HCV RNA quantitative, qualitative, HCV RNA
working day
HCV genotype all results except
quantitative, HCV
"not detectable"
genotype all results
except "not
detectable"
x
Positive total anti-HDV, anti-HDV
IgM, and anti-HDV IgG
Positive total anti-HEV, anti-HEV
IgM, and anti-HEV IgG
Report within one
working day
Report within one
working day
Sputum or BAL positive for
Histoplasma by culture or DNA
Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma
probe; Urine antigen, serology,
Capsulatum)
immunodiffusion, ELISA, or blood
smear positive for Histoplasma
Report within one
working day
Human Anaplasmosis
IgM, IgG, or total antibody results
for anaplasma phagocytophilum,
Blood smear positive for
inclusions or morulae or
anaplasma; PCR, IHC, or blood
culture positive for anaplasma or
ICD-9 codes 082.40, or 082.49
If available, additional
labs needed include:
Report within one
WBCs (lowest),
platelets (lowest), ALT working day
(highest), AST
(highest)
x
Human Ehrlichiosis (HE)
IgG, IgM, or total antibody test
results positive for Ehrlichia
chaffeensis or any other Ehrlichia
species; blood smear positive for
Ehrlichia ("inclusions in
monocytes" or "morulae"); PCR,
IHC, or culture positive for
Ehrlichia or ICD-9 code 082.40,
082.41, 082.49
If available, additional
labs needed include:
Report within one
WBCs (lowest),
platelets (lowest), ALT working day
(highest), AST
(highest)
x
Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) Infection
(including Acquired
Immunodeficiency
Syndrome) (AIDS) (a), (d),
(g)
HIV positive EIA, positive Western
Blot or IFA, positive HIV p24
antigen, all HIV RNA PCR
(qualitative or quantitative), all HIV
RNA bDNA, all CD4 counts, all
CD4 percents,
If tests in column H
are positive include all
results (positive and
Report within one
negative) for: HIV
working day
Proviral DNA, HIV
RNA NASBA,
HIV1/HIV2 culture
results
x
Influenza rapid test positive
(including when possible the test
name), positive influenza culture,
serology, PCR
If possible would
prefer to have only
hospitalized or deaths
with influenza
reported. If influenza Report within one
can not be filtered by working day
hospitalization or
death then report all
labotory confirmed
cases
x
Hepatitis: Hepatitis D
Hepatitis: Hepatitis E
Influenza
(unusual case incidence,
critical illness, or laboratory
confirmed cases)
Avian Influenza
(Bird Flu)
No automated reporting
x
ICD-9=446.1
Report within one
working day
Kingella spp.
(invasive only) (a), (b)
Positive culture for kingella spp
from a normally sterile site (blood,
CSF, joint fluid, pleural fluid,
peritoneal fluid, bone, internal
body or tissue site)
Report within one
working day
Legionellosis
(Legionella spp.) (a)
Postive urine antigen, positive
DFA or culuture, positive serology,
positive PCR, positive IHC
Report within one
working day
x
Leprosy
(Hansen's Disease)
(Mycobacterium Leprae)
Skin biospy AFB positive, PCR
positive for M leprae
Report within one
working day
x
Leptospirosis
(Leptospira Interrogans)
Serology positive, BAL or urine
culture positive for leptospira, any
positive specimen
Report within one
working day
Kawasaki Disease
MDH would like to
Report within one
have test
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
x
Lyme Disease
(Borrelia Burgdorferi)
Western blot IgM or IgG antibody
test results positive for B.
burgdorferi (if Western blot
positive, please provide results of
the preceding ELISA/EIA or IFA, if
available); PCR or culture positive
for Borrelia or ICD-9 code 088.81
Report within one
working day
x
Malaria
(Plasmodium spp.)
Positive blood smear or PCR for
Plasmodium spp (provide
species); positive Rapid
Diagnositic Antigen (RDT) results
for malaria or ICD-9 code 084.0,
084.1, 084.2, 084.3, 084.4, 084.5,
084.6, 084.7, 084.8, 084.9
Report within one
working day
x
Report immediately by
telephone
x
Listeriosis
Positive specimen for Listeria
(Listeria Monocytogenes) (a) monocytogenes
Measles
(Rubeola) (a)
Melioidosis (a)
Meningitis
(caused by viral agents or
aseptic)
Measles IgM or PCR positive,
ICD9 Code 055.9
Positive culture for or detection of
burkholderia pseudomallei,
positive serology or PCR,
melioidosis total antibody titer, any
non-negative
Positive viral culture from CSF, or
CSF positive for any Virus by
PCR. ICD9=047.; 047.0, 047.1,
047.8 , 047.9, 047.9; 049; 049.0,
049.1, 049.8, 049.9. arboviral
disease-other viral causes of
encephalitis, meningitis-covered
elsewhere
Report immediately by
telephone
Report within one
working day
Positive culture for N. meningitidis
or gram-negative diplococcus
Meningococcal Disease
from a normally sterile site (blood,
(Neisseria Meningitidis) (a), CSF, joint fluid, pleural fluid,
(b) (all invasive diseases) peritoneal fluid, bone, internal
body site) or other normally sterile
site
Mumps
Mumps IGM or PCR positive
Bacteria isolated from the blood or
CSF less than 7 days after birth:
(Also see Notes, No. 3.)
Bacteroides fragilis, Other
Bacteroides, Campylobacter,
Other Citrobacter, Enterobacter
cloacae, Other Enterobacter,
Other Enterococcus, Eschericia
coli, Haemophilus influenzae,
Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Other Klebsiella,
Listeria monocytogenes, Neisseria
meningitidis, Peptostreptococcus,
Proteus mirabilis, Other Proteus,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Other
Neonatal Sepsis
(less than 7 days after birth) Pseudomonas, Salmonella,
(bacteria isolated from a Serratia marcescens, Shigella,
Staphylococcus
sterile site, excluding
aureusStreptococcus Group A,
contaminants) (a), (b)
Streptococcus Group B,
Streptococcus Group D,
Streptococcus Group G,
Streptococcus pneumoniae,
Streptococcus viridans,Other
Streptococcus,Vibrio, Yersinia
enterocolitica OR Other
BACTERIA excluding
contaminants: excluding the
following contaminants: Bacillus,
Brachybacterium,
Capnocytophago, Coagulase
negative Staphylococcus (S.
auricularis S capitis S cohnii S
Occupational Injuries
Orthopox Virus (a)
Pertussis
(Bordetella Pertussis) (a)
Plague
(Yersina pestis) (a)
Poliomyelitis (a)
Positive PCR
Positive PCR, culture, DFA,
serology for Bordetella pertussis,
Bordetella parapertussis,
Bordetella holmesii, and
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Postive culuture, positive smear
form blood, throat, sputum,
positive PCR, positive FA or
positive serology, any positive
specimen
Positive for poliovirus (P1, P2, or
P3)
Reportable
immediately by phone.
Report immediately by
ELR should not be
telephone
relied upon for
reporting.
Report within one
working day
x
x
Report within one
working day
Report within one
working day
Report immediately by
telephone
Report within one
working day
x
Report immediately by
telephone
x
Report immediately by
telephone
x
Psittacosis
(Chlamydophila Psittaci)
Q Fever
(Coxiella Burnetii) (a)
Rabies
(animal and human cases
and suspected cases)
Retrovirus Infection
Reye Syndrome
Rheumatic Fever
(cases meeting the Jones
criteria only)
Rubella and Congenital
Rubella Syndrome (a)
Postive antibody test, positive
PCR or culture, any positive
specimen
Serology or PCR positive for Q
Fever, positive culture, any
positive specimen
Report within one
working day
x
Report immediately by
telephone
x
No automated reporting
Report immediately by
x
telephone
x
Positive viral culture from a
normally sterile site (blood, CSF,
joint fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal
fluid, bone, internal body or tissue
site)
Report within one
working day
No automated reporting
Report within one
working day
ICD-9=391, 390
Report within one
working day
Rubella IgM positive, ICD-9=771.0
Report immediately by
telephone
IgG, IgM, or total antibody test
results positive for Rickettsia spp.,
or "Spotted Fever Group"; PCR,
Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis
culture, or IHC positive for
(Rickettsia spp.)
Rickettsia or "Spotted Fever
Group" or ICD-9 code 082.0,
082.8, 082.9
Salmonellosis
(including Typhoid)
(Salmonella spp.) (a)
positive specimen for Salmonella
spp.
Servere Acute Respiratory
No automated reporting
Syndrome (SARS) (a), (f)
Shigellosis
(Shigella spp.) (a)
Smallpox
(Variola) (a)
Positive specimen for Shigella
spp.
No automated reporting
x
If available, additional
labs needed include:
WBCs (lowest),
platelets (lowest); and Report within one
Liver Function Tests: working day
ALT (highest), AST
(highest), ALP
(highest)
x
If positive and
available, report
antibiotic susceptibility
Report within one
results; would also like
working day
test
manufacturer/method
included in ELR
x
If positive and
Report Immediately by
available, report
x
antibiotic susceptibility Telephone
results
Report within one
working day
Report immediately by
x
telephone
x
x
x
Staphylococcus aureus (a)
Positive S. aureus culture that has
(such as Vancomycinintermediate resistance to
Intermediate Staphylococcus
vancomycin
Aureus) (VISA)
If positive and
Report within one
available, report
antibiotic susceptibility working day
results
x
Staphylococcus Aureus (a)
(such as VancomycinPositive S. aureus culture that is
resistant Staphylococcus resistant to vancomycin
aureus) (VRSA)
If positive and
Report within one
available, report
antibiotic susceptibility working day
results
x
Staphylococcus Aureus (a)
(such as Death or critical
illness due to communityNo automated reporting
associated Staphylococcus
aureus in a previously
healthy individual)
If positive and
Report within one
available, report
antibiotic susceptibility working day
results
x
Positive culture for S. aureus from
a normally sterile site (blood, CSF,
Staphylococcus Aureus (a) joint fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal
(such as MRSA invasive - fluid, bone, internal body or tissue
metro area only)
site) that is resistant to oxacillin in
a resident from Hennepin or
Ramsey County
Report within one
working day
x
Positive culture for group A
streptococci from a normally
sterile site: blood , CSF, joint,
pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid,
Streptoccoccal Disease (a),
pericardial fluid, bone OR internal
(b)
body or tissue site: brain, heart,
(such as all invasive disease
kidney, liver, lymph node, ovary,
caused by Groups A
pancreas, spleen, vitreous fluid,
streptococci)
vascular tissue OR other normally
(Streptocococcus pyogenes)
sterile site OR surgically obtained
muscle biopsy/tissue OR wound
when accompanied with
necrotizing fasciitis or STSS
Necrotizing fasciitis
(ICD-9=
728.6+041.01) or
streptococcal toxic
shock syndrom
(STSS)
(040.82+041.01) must Report within one
be present for GAS
working day
isolated from a wound
to count as a case;
ELR should not
include all instances
where isolatation was
from a wounds.
x
Positive culture for group B
streptococci from a normally
sterile site: blood, CSF, joint,
Streptoccoccal disease (a), pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid,
(b)
pericardial fluid, bone OR internal
(such as all invasive disease body or tissue site: brain, heart,
caused by Groups B
kidney, liver, lymph node, ovary,
streptococci) (Streptococcus pancreas, spleen, vitreous fluid,
Agalactiae)
vascular tissue OR other normally
sterile site OR from a placenta or
amniotic fluid when accompanied
by a fetal death
Report within one
working day
x
Positive culture for S. pneumoniae
from a normally sterile site: blood,
Streptoccoccal disease (a),
CSF, joint, pleural fluid, peritoneal
(b)
fluid, pericardial fluid, bone OR
(such as all invasive disease
internal body or tissue site: brain,
caused by Streptoccoccus
heart, kidney, liver, lymph node,
Pneumoniae)
ovary, pancreas, spleen, vitreous
(Pneumococcus)
fluid, vascular tissue OR other
normally sterile site
Report within one
working day
x
Syphilis
(Treponema Pallidum) (c)
Tetanus
(Clostridium Tetani)
Positive or reactive USR, RPR,
VDLR, FTA, TPPA, IGG, IGM or
EIA
ICD-9=978.4
Toxic Shock Syndrome (a) ICD-9=040.82
If reportable include
Report within one
all results for: CSF,
working day
MHA-TP, PK-TP, STS
x
Report within one
working day
Report within one
working day
x
x
IgG and/or IgM positive for
Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma
Toxoplasma or identification of
Gondii)
Toxoplasmosis gondii
Report within one
working day
x
Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathy
(such as Human Prion
Disease) (Classic CreutzfeldtJakob Disease) (CJD);
No automated reporting
(Variant CJD) (vCJD);
(Gerstmann-StrausslerScheinker Syndrome); (Fatal
Familial Insomnia)
Report within one
working day
x
Report within one
working day
x
If positive and
Report within one
available, report
antibiotic susceptibility working day
results
x
Trichinosis
(Trichinella Spiralis)
Serology (IgG/IgM) positive for
Trichinella, any positive specimen
Tuberculosis
AFB positive, M. tuberculosis or
(Mycobacterium
M.tuberculosis complex positive
Tuberculosis Complex) (a) culture, PCR or NAA
Serology (IgG/IgM) or culture
Tularemia
positive for Francisella tularensis,
(Francisella Tularensis) (a)
any positive specimen
Typhus
(Rickettsia spp.)
IgG, IgM, or total antibody test
results positive for Rickettsia typhi,
R. prowazekii, Orientia
tsutsugamushi, or "Typhus
Group"; PCR, IHC, or culture
positive for those or ICD-9 code
080, 081.0, 081.1, 081.2, 081.9
Unexplained Deaths and
Unexplained Critical
No automated reporting
Illnesses
(possibly due to infectious
cause) (a)
Unusual or Increased Case
Incidence of Any Suspect
Incidence
No automated reporting
(applies to all diseases reported to CDC through
each disease)
Vaccinia (a)
PCR positive
Report immediately by
telephone
x
If available, additional
labs needed include:
WBCs (lowest),
platelets (lowest); and Report within one
Liver Function Tests: working day
ALT (highest), AST
(highest), ALP
(highest)
Report within one
working day
x
Report immediately by
x
telephone
Report immediately by
telephone
Varicella-zoster Disease (a)
(such as Primary
Positive PCR for varicella zoster,
(Chickenpox): unusual case
IgM positive for varicella zoster
incidence, critical illness, or
laboratory-confirmed cases).
Report within one
working day
Varicella-zoster Disease (a)
(such as cases reported by
No automated reporting
sentinel schools and
childcares)
Report within one
working day
x
Varicella-zoster Disease (a)
(such as Recurrent
No automated reporting
(Shingles): unusual case
incidennce, or critical illness)
Report within one
working day
x
VHF
(Viral Hemo Fever) (such as No automated reporting
Dengue hemorrhagic fever)
Report immediately by
x
telephone
x
VHF
IgG and/or IgM postive for Dengue
(Viral Hemo Fever) (such as
from blood or CSF
Dengue hemorrhagic fever)
Report immediately by
telephone
x
Vibrio spp.
(a)
Yellow Fever
Postive specimen for Vibrio spp
IgG and/or IgM positive for Yellow
Fever; PCR, IHC, or culture
positive for Yellow Fever virus or
ICD-9 code 060.0, 060.1, 060.9
x
MDH would like to
Report within one
have test
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
x
Report within one
working day
x
MDH would like to
Report within one
Yersiniosis, enteric (Yersinia
have test
Postive specimen for Yersinia spp
spp.) (a)
manufacturer/method working day
included in ELR
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
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Note: Do not consider the above list provided to be the complete list of all diseases and conditions that should be
reported to MDH. It is a working list which the trading partners can use for reference for communicable disease
reporting through the MDH ELR program.